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A key method of restricting the population of temporary residents is to offer them permanent resident status, the immigration minister said Friday — but that doesn't mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to.
Marc Miller met with his provincial and territorial counterparts for the first time since since he announced an unprecedented plan to set limits on the number of new temporary residents.
Several provincial ministers pitched expanding their own immigration programs as a way to transition temporary visa holders into permanent residents.
"The fact people are already here, their impact on affordability has already been baked in, so it's smart," Miller said.
"But it doesn't mean by extension that everyone's entitled to stay here or be here in Canada."
The aim is to rein in Canada's runaway population growth by decreasing the number of temporary residents, from 6.2 per cent of the country's population in 2023 to five per cent, over the next three years.
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