The federal government has been scrutinized for rapidly increasing its annual immigration targets while the number of temporary residents in the country also explodes.

The number of permanent residents Canada is set to welcome in 2024 and 2025 will increase as planned to 485,000 and 500,000, respectively. Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled new targets in Parliament earlier this month that call for the number of new permanent residents to hold steady at 500,000 in 2026

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/11/29/three-in-four-canadians-say-higher-immigration-is-worsening-housing-crisis-poll/

 

IS this just word play — is there a difference between “permanent residents” and “migrants”?????