Three very lucky construction workers in Nova Scotia have received a seemingly expedited work permit after receiving some media coverage about their case.

Canada's Immigration Levels Plan is likely to be announced imminently.

Over the last few years, Canada's immigration system has needed some course corrections. Granted, IRCC has had to make some hard decisions. But do they have to be hasty ones?

IRCC has quietly tightened another work permit pathway, and once again, people already living and working in Canada could face the harshest consequences.

In 2025, Canada's population shrank for the first time since population tracking started in 1867. At around 102,000 people, the decline wasn’t dramatic. But the direction matters more than the size.

With the release of the 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) quietly changed one of its key benchmarks.

When the 2025 Immigration Levels Plan was released in 2024, one headline number caught everyone's attention: 82,980 admissions under an "in-Canada focus."