Is immigration causing Canada’s housing crisis?

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:00:32 +0000

The housing crisis in Canada has reached a peak this year. A report released in June by the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) shows that over 22 million housing units will be required by 2030 to help achieve housing affordability for everyone living in Canada. This is 3.5 million additional units to the current […]

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Marc Miller: Canada’s immigration levels to remain steady or continue climbing

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:19 +0000

Since becoming Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Marc Miller has made his initial public remarks through interviews with RedFM Canada, CBC Radio Canada and Bloomberg News. These interviews give us some insight into his mindset as it relates to some key areas of the Canadian immigration landscape. Current immigration levels […]

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Hong Kong-born Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:30:41 +0000

On June 26, Toronto elected Oliva Chow as mayor. Chow is the first visible minority, and first female, mayor of Toronto. She is also an immigrant. She and her family arrived in Canada from Hong Kong in 1970 when she was 13 years old, living throughout her teens in an apartment in Toronto’s St James […]

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Higher immigration levels in Canada require a boost in home building to keep up with demand

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:00:43 +0000

Desjardins has released a report analyzing the economic impacts of the federal government’s increased immigration targets. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration The study finds that the large scale of planned immigration will lead to higher real GDP growth at the national level and in all Canadian provinces. Consequently, according to the report, […]

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Will Canada be able to house all the immigrants it hopes to welcome by 2025?

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:11:53 +0000

According to Canada’s latest Immigration Levels Plan for 2023-2025, the country hopes to welcome a record-breaking number of immigrants over the next three years, with annual targets set at no less than 465,000 and a milestone goal of 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025. In short, these high targets are in place to help Canada […]

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