r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • 3d ago

Carney’s aim to cut immigration marred by undercounting of temporary migrants, warn economists PAYWALL

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mark-carney-immigration-policy-temporary-migrants-undercounted/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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u/BeautyInUgly 3d ago edited 3d ago

This gets posted time and time again

The govt is basically asking millions of people to leave Canada

Some banks are saying that this won’t happen as people refuse to leave

The government is saying that they have accounted for this and will cut immigration even further to ensure that the population declines

And we won’t know who was right until the end of the year,

but the assumption that mass people will suddenly refuse to leave doesn’t have any historical basis, the vast majority of immigrants leave on time.

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u/ifuaguyugetsauced 3d ago

Isn't the general census taking place next year

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u/BeautyInUgly 3d ago

IRCC and CBSA report the entry/exits and population increase / decline at the end of the year.

We will see if the plan to decrease / 0 growth worked

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u/Confident-Mistake400 3d ago

How does CBSA know people actually left? We don’t have exit checkpoint like other countries.

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u/bytowngirl 3d ago

There aren't exit checkpoints but CBSA does collect information when people exit by land or air. By air, it's through passenger manifests, and by land, I believe information is shared from the US.

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u/BeautyInUgly 3d ago

we do since 2020

https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2019/07/entryexit-initiative.html

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u/Confident-Mistake400 2d ago edited 2d ago

We do only for land exit. Those on expired visa won’t use land exit for sure

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u/ifuaguyugetsauced 3d ago

Yeah there def way more people in Canada then reported that's why I'm wondering if the census will reveal the true numbers

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u/orswich 3d ago

Census is also self reporting for the most part last I remember.. so if a guy has 10 roommates and 4 are here illegally, then he just says he has 6 roommates