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Anti-immigrant sentiment rises with loss of consensus on immigration policy
Canada plans to reduce immigration to 380,000 in 2026 amid rising hate crimes and a 227% increase in racially motivated attacks on South Asians, officials said.
- On Dec. 20, 2025 the federal government cut immigration intake after permanent resident targets peaked at 485,000 in 2024, reducing temporary resident admissions from almost 674,000 in 2025 to 385,000 next year.
- Post-Pandemic arrivals and rising cost of living and housing precarity prompted a shift in thinking, as both the Liberals and Conservatives have linked immigration to housing pressures in recent years.
- Statistics Canada data shows a 227 per cent rise in incidents targeting South Asian people between 2019 and 2023, while government data reports over 127,000 newcomers from India in 2024 and more than 83,000 in early 2025.
- Private polls show roughly half of Canadians now oppose current immigration levels, and Diab and Rempel Garner denounced hate crimes, urging education, legislation, and law enforcement.
- Canada's long-held consensus on immigration is fraying, as Rupinder Liddar warned sentiment improves when the economy does.
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Anti-immigrant sentiment rises with loss of consensus on immigration policy
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