{"id":2026,"date":"2020-11-14T04:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T04:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2020-11-14T04:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T04:55:25","slug":"only-17-of-canadians-want-more-immigrants-in-2021-as-trudeau-pushes-immigration-plan-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"Only 17% of Canadians want more immigrants in 2021, as Trudeau pushes immigration plan: poll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Only 17% of Canadians want more immigrants in 2021, as Trudeau pushes immigration plan: poll<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" src=\"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/third-world-immigration.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/third-world-immigration.jpg 850w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/third-world-immigration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/third-world-immigration-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption>ARCHIV &#8211; Ein Boot mit Fl\u00fcchtlingen aus Nordafrika n\u00e4hert sich am 09.04.2011 der s\u00fcditalienischen Insel Lampedusa. Der Fl\u00fcchtlingsstrom aus Nordafrika besch\u00e4ftigt am Montag (11.04.2011) die EU-Innenminister bei ihrem Treffen in Luxemburg. Mindestens 22 000 Fl\u00fcchtlinge sind seit Beginn der politischen Unruhen in Nordafrika im Januar allein auf der italienischen Insel Lampedusa angekommen. EPA\/ETTORE FERRARI +++(c) dpa &#8211; Bildfunk+++<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trudeau&#8217;s government is planning on bringing in more than 400,000 new residents in 2021.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/person\/s\/adam-shaw\">Adam Shaw<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> | Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/justin-trudeau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a> is proposing increasing how many immigrants Canada brings in each year, but a new poll suggests that it\u2019s out of step with what Canadians want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nanos Research Group poll, reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/politics\/trudeau-s-plan-to-ramp-up-immigration-falls-flat-with-canadians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg News<\/a>, found that only 17%&nbsp;of respondents think the country should accept more immigrants in 2021 than&nbsp;it did in 2020. Of the rest, 40 percent want the same amount and 36 percent want fewer immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/trudeau-border-closed-coronavirus-under-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUDEAU: US-CANADA BORDER TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL CORONAVIRUS IS UNDER CONTROL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/canada-politics-immigration-idUSKBN27F2NX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, the plan is to add more than 400,000 new permanent residents in 2021 and 411,000 in 2022 \u2013&nbsp;an increase of 50,000 from previous targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe plan today helps us to make up for the disruption that has been caused by COVID-19 in 2020,\u201d Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In part because of coronavirus restrictions, Canada only added 128,425 people in 2020, lower than its 341,000 target. Mendicino told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/canada-politics-immigration-idUSKBN27F2NX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a> that&nbsp;immigration is \u201cone of the keys to our economic recovery and our long-term prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the opposition Conservative Party lawmakers opposed the push by Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party, saying that an economic downturn with high unemployment was not a time to be bringing in more workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\">C<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re facing 9%&nbsp;to 10%&nbsp;unemployment&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;more than a million Canadians are out of work,\u201d lawmaker Raquel Dancho told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/politics\/trudeau-s-plan-to-ramp-up-immigration-falls-flat-with-canadians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cWhere are these folks going to work? Where are these folks going to live?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nanos poll of 1,000 Canadians was conducted between Oct. 28 and Nov. 1 via telephone and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 17% of Canadians want more immigrants in 2021, as Trudeau pushes immigration plan: poll Trudeau&#8217;s government is planning on bringing in more than 400,000 new residents in 2021. By Adam Shaw | Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on Foxnews.com. 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