Tory leadership hopeful Blaney proposes reducing immigration and refugee targets
MONTREAL — Canada needs to reduce the number of immigrants and refugees it accepts in order to better integrate them, Conservative leadership hopeful Steven Blaney said Wednesday.
The Quebec MP said the Trudeau government’s targets have been “improvised for political purposes” and don’t take into account the ability of cities and provinces to integrate newcomers.
He accused the current government of “breaking the dreams” of immigrants and refugees who have not been able to find work in their fields or learn English or French.
“The most important thing is to be able to offer those immigrants opportunities,” he told a Montreal news conference where he unveiled his immigration strategy.