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ARTICLE · 13 DECEMBER 2016

How Ottawa Succeeded On Immigration Policy (Audio)

The Liberals have managed to achieve a significant increase in annual immigration numbers while the headlines have suggested otherwise. This represents something of a policy coup.

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Canada's federal government must continue to carefully shape its argument for increased immigration in economic terms and avoid succumbing to the rise of protectionist politics seemingly sweeping the world at present.

In this new era of President-elect Donald Trump and Britain exiting the European Union, Justin Trudeau's government need to exercise sound judgement to ensure Canada keeps its spot as a Liberal world leader.

This is why maintaining the number of new permanent residents for 2017 at 300,000 – reported by many as an underwhelming move – was actually a strategic manoeuver by Immigration Minister John McCallum.

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