Published Jul 25, 2024 \u2022 Last updated 1 day ago \u2022 4 minute read<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 389 Comments<\/p>\n\n\n\n Canadians are growing increasingly uneasy with the number of new immigrants coming to the country, with three out of five people saying there are \u201ctoo many,\u201d the highest rate of dissatisfaction with Canada\u2019s immigration policies in decades, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sixty per cent of Canadian adults surveyed in the July poll said Canada accepts too many newcomers, a 10-percentage-point increase in the number who shared that sentiment in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, just 28 per cent of respondents in the new poll, conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, said the number of new arrivals is about right. Three per cent said there are \u201ctoo few\u201d immigrants coming to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The housing crisis and economic worries are driving a dramatic shift in attitudes over immigration numbers that emerged in the aftermath of the pandemic, said Jack Jedwab, president of the Association of Canadian Studies. Immigration is also moving to the top of national political agendas in the U.S. and many parts of Europe, \u201cand I don\u2019t think Canadians are insulated from those global debates,\u201d Jedwab said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In France, Marine Le Pen\u2019s anti-immigration party significantly increased its seats in the country\u2019s snap election. A June Gallup poll found that 55 per cent of Americans want to see less immigration, up from 41 per cent in 2023. Former U.S. president Donald Trump has promised militarized mass deportations if re-elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy sense is that global instability, whether it\u2019s Russia-Ukraine or the Middle East, is affecting some of this. I think Canadians are taking notice,\u201d Jedwab said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a previous poll, Jedwab asked Canadians who felt there are too many immigrants why they felt that way. It was more about economic concerns and far less about identity issues as reflected by the view that immigrants don\u2019t share \u201cCanadian values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the 10-point jump since February in the number Canadians who now feel there are too many immigrants \u201cseems to be coinciding with this sort of global dislocation or global instability,\u201d Jedwab said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s difficult to tease out, but in one test of a possible correlation between global conflicts and changing attitudes towards immigration, some three in four people who strongly supported the police\u2019s dismantling of anti-Israel encampments at McGill University this summer believes that there are too many immigrants coming to Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Marc](\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Marc-Miller-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=mB7i5neqQh8cFEZ_uiAMFg\")
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