Younger Canadians and housing crisis drive sharpest anti-immigration shift in 50 years

The “sharpest reversal” in public opinion of immigration to Canada in 50 years was driven, in part, by younger people turning against an increased intake of newcomers, that they blamed to a housing affordability. A Canadian flag in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Bloomberg) This was among the conclusions of a new paper published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy’s Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation. Authored by Randy Besco, an associate professor at the Uni