Canada’s immigration department signaled a new three‑year levels plan, and The Gateway Pundit (TGP) says it points to roughly 2.25 million permanent and temporary resident admissions over 2027–2029. Conservative MPs Pierre Poilievre and Michelle Rempel Garner attacked the reported scale in posts on X.
What IRCC posted
On Nov. 7, 2026, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) wrote on X: “We are building a stronger Canada through a well-managed, predictable immigration system. Our 2027–2029 Immigration Levels Plan is a forward-looking snapshot of temporary and permanent resident targets for the next 3 years.”
What TGP reported
Citing the plan, TGP reported the government intends to admit about 380,000 permanent residents and 370,000 temporary residents each year—roughly 2.25 million admissions across three years. TGP added that some permanent residency recipients would already be living in Canada, and that approximately 245,000 permanent residency places annually would be reserved for economic immigration.
Opposition pushback
Rempel Garner criticized the reported targets on Nov. 6, 2026, writing that it amounted to “a city roughly the size of Winnipeg next year alone,” and calling to “Stop Carney’s mass immigration.”
Poilievre tied the reported intake to labor-market concerns, saying: “We love immigration for people in numbers that we can absorb, where there are jobs, health care and housing but not when the numbers exceed our capacity to absorb people.” He added, “Our economy is collapsing in real time,” and, “Canadian jobs should go to Canadians first.” In a separate post the same day, he wrote: “Canada’s unemployment rate hits a 6-month high after losing 114,700 jobs in just 3 months,” while claiming “record-smashing immigration levels.”
Population and capacity, per TGP
TGP framed the reported plan against fast population growth, stating Canada surpassed 41 million people in 2024, up from about 38 million four years earlier. The outlet also asserted that past Liberal immigration levels exceeded the country’s capacity to accommodate newcomers and said the government is creating additional pathways for up to 200,000 people already in Canada to obtain permanent residency.
What’s confirmed here—and what isn’t
The IRCC post confirms a 2027–2029 levels plan exists and describes it in general terms. The specific intake figures, allocations, and additional pathways cited above are reported by The Gateway Pundit and appear in politician posts; they are not detailed in the IRCC post shown here.
