Immigration Trends In Canada: Can Manitoba Employers Still Rely On Foreign Workers?

This article was originally published in HR Matters, a publication of CPHR Manitoba.

In late 2023 and early 2024, the federal and provincial governments realized that a housing shortage, arguably decades in the making, was causing difficulties for Canadians. In a partial response to this issue, the Canadian government announced tighter immigration policies designed at restricting the number of foreign nationals who could live, work, study and immigrate to Canada.

In addition to housing, the government cited difficulties Canadian governments were having in keeping up with the growing demand for social programs, housing and other infrastructure that an increasing population was bringing.