Canada · 13 d ago
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Carney holds firm on immigration levels but is open to more provincial powers
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa will "not budge" from its goal of sustainable immigration numbers and is "getting them to that level now."
— Mark Carney, prime minister
Albertans who voted yes
53 %
His comments came after about 53 per cent of Alberta voters backed a referendum question calling for more provincial control over immigration.
Quebec
Sets own criteria, levels
Other provinces
More say, less room
Carney said provinces could get more say over economic immigration, but with less room than Quebec has under the Canada-Quebec Accord. Quebec alone sets its own selection criteria and immigration levels.
What's next
Ottawa's new immigration levels plan, from Immigration Minister Lena Diab's department, is due by next month.
