Canada may begin restricting foreign workers

In 2024, Canada might put restrictions on the amount of temporary foreign workers who are allowed to enter the nation.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller made a suggestion in a recent statement that temporary foreign workers may not be allowed into Canada for the remainder of the year or longer, citing the system's long history of overstuffination. Miller makes a link between the rise in foreign students and temporary foreign workers and the housing crisis facing the country.

Miller mentioned this at a press briefing last week. Over the previous five years, there has been a notable increase in the number of people temporarily entering Canada. The remarks come after Statistics Canada released data showing that the population increased by nearly 430,000 during the third quarter of 2023, marking the largest quarterly gain since 1957. With 40.5 million people living in the country, immigration accounted for about 313,000 of the country's third-quarter population growth.