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Immigration platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
  • Cap the total number of temporary workers and international students to less than 5% of Canada's population by the end of 2027

    "Return immigration to sustainable levels by capping the total number of temporary workers and international students to less than 5% of Canada’s population by the end of 2027, from a past high of 7.3%, to ease the strain on housing, public infrastructure, and our social services." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Revitalise the Global Skills Strategy to help high-growth Canadian businesses attract highly-skilled talent

    "Attract the best talent in the world to build our economy by revitalizing the Global Skills Strategy to help high-growth Canadian businesses and entrepreneurs with new projects that will support Canada’s strategic economic growth. This includes attracting highly skilled talent from the United States who can help grow the economy here in Canada." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Set permanent resident admissions at less than 1% of Canada's population annually beyond 2027, focusing on attracting global talent

    "Stabilize permanent resident admissions at less than 1% of Canada’s population annually beyond 2027 with a focus on attracting top global talent that will drive economic growth and prosperity. Our immigration plan will also allow for the reunification of families, while maintaining Canada’s global leadership in prioritizing the world’s most vulnerable, including human rights defenders and refugees." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Use digital service tools to reduce processing times and eliminate backlogs in the immigration system

    "Work towards a fairer and faster process and enhance service delivery for applicants by leveraging digital service tools to reduce processing times and eliminate backlogs to ensure that our immigration system is more reliable for families, businesses, and applicants." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Support legal aid for asylum seekers and refugees to provide claimants timely advice and representation

    "Support legal aid for asylum seekers and refugees so that claimants receive timely advice and representation, have their cases resolved as quickly as possible, and reduce unnecessary appeals." — liberal.ca, retrieved 2025-04-23

Conservative
  • Give Québec the power to select temporary immigrants under the International Mobility Program, with exceptions

    "Immigration: A Conservative government will respect the spirit of the Canada-Quebec Accord by giving Quebec the power to select temporary immigrants under the International Mobility Program, with the exception of asylum seekers and workers subject to international agreements. It will work with Quebec to halve the number of non-permanent residents on its territory. Conscious of the challenges associated with the labour shortage in several regions of Quebec, a Conservative government is committed to working with Quebec and small and medium-sized businesses to meet their needs" — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Update the citizenship oath to include a pledge of gratitude and duty

    "Restoring in-person citizenship ceremonies and updating the citizenship oath to add the following words: “I pledge gratitude to those who worked, sacrificed, and gave their lives to defend the freedom I now enjoy and to build the country of Canada I now call home. Like them, I pledge to fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.”" — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Require criminal background checks for anyone entering Canada on a student permit
  • Process refugee claims on a last-in, first-out basis
  • Restore in-person citizenship ceremonies
  • Keep the rate of population growth below the rate of housing growth, job growth, and healthcare accessibility

    "Keep the rate of population growth below the rate of housing growth, job growth, and health care accessibility to ensure sustainable immigration levels that are fair for Canadians and newcomers alike." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Require union LMIA pre-checks, so that unions get consulted before employers hire temporary foreign workers
  • Provide small loans to help new Canadians complete Blue Seal certification
  • Implement departure tracking to monitor overstays

    "Departure tracking to monitor overstays so government officials know who is in Canada illegally." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Expand and speed up removals for any criminal activity on a visitor permit

    "Expand and speed up removals for any criminal activity on a visitor permit. Anyone who is here on a visitor visa who breaks our laws will be removed from Canada." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

  • Halve the number of non-permanent residents in Québec

    "It will work with Quebec to halve the number of non-permanent residents on its territory." — Change, retrieved 2025-04-23

Bloc
  • Exiger que l’assermentation des citoyens se fasse à visage découvert
  • Obtenir des permis sectoriels et régionaux ouverts pour les travailleurs étrangers temporaires
  • Retirer du texte du serment de citoyenneté toute référence à la monarchie britannique et y ajouter l’engagement de respecter l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes, les droits des minorités sexuelles et la laïcité de l’État
  • Exiger que le fédéral permette à Québec d’octroyer la résidence permanente conditionnelle à l’établissement en région
  • Exiger que le serment soit lu en français au Québec, plutôt que dans l’une ou l’autre des langues officielles du Canada.
  • Rendre la connaissance suffisante du français obligatoire pour obtenir la citoyenneté à partir du Québec
  • Exiger que le fédéral consulte le Québec et les provinces afin d’ajuster ses cibles d’immigration à leur capacité d’accueil
  • Exiger le transfert au Québec de tous les pouvoirs en immigration, incluant le Programme de mobilité internationale
We don't have any NDP policies on Immigration.

Green
  • Expand parent and grandparent family reunification sponsorship caps
  • Create a new employer-driven immigration programme to transition foreign workers to permanent residency

    "Create a new employer-driven immigration program to transition foreign workers in essential sectors to permanent residency." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Provide annual funding to reduce processing times for permanent residency applications and expand pathways for essential workers
  • Invest annually in provincial immigration settlement programmes

    "Invest annually in provincial immigration settlement programs, expanding funding for language training, employment support, and multicultural community-building." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Reduce permanent residency application fees and financial requirements for international students

    "Reduce PR application fees and financial requirements for international students, eliminating excessive financial burdens." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Require professional associations to adopt faster, more transparent foreign credential assessments, reducing bureaucratic barriers
  • Introduce income-based exemptions for permanent residency and citizenship application fees
  • Commit to a principled, case-by-case process for regularising the status of undocumented residents

    "Commit to aprincipled, case-by-case process for regularizing the status of undocumented residents — one that upholds Canada’s humanitarian values and recognizes their contributions to our communities and economy." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Phase out the temporary foreign worker programme in non-agricultural sectors, shifting toward permanent residency pathways
  • Create a limited pathway to permanent residency for international students entering occupations experiencing critical labour shortages where qualified Canadians are not available to fill the need

    "Create a limited pathway to permanent residency for international students entering occupations experiencing critical labour shortages — such as doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other essential health care roles — where qualified Canadians are not available to fill the need." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Eliminate visa requirements for parents visiting their children, allowing longer stays for family support
  • Reduce processing times for family reunification applications, prioritising dependent children and spouses
  • Increase penalties for unethical immigration consultants

    "Increase penalties for unethical immigration consultants, and crack down on fraudulent practices that exploit newcomers." — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Increase penalties for labour law violations, protecting foreign workers from abuse
  • Look into using immigration to support rural renewal, in collaboration with communities and local governments
    1. "Begin exploring how immigration policy might support rural renewal and climate resilience, in collaboration with communities and local governments.
    2. Engage with municipalities, provinces, Indigenous governments, and community organizations to assess the potential for voluntary resettlement strategies that align with local development goals.
    3. Study best practices from other jurisdictions that have successfully used immigration to reverse population decline and strengthen rural economies.
    4. Ensure any future policy development in this area is grounded in equity, climate adaptation, and community consent."

    — Change: Vote For It, retrieved 2025-04-25

  • Ensure domestic workforce development aligns with labour market needs, reducing future dependence on temporary labour
  • Eliminate employer-tied work permits, allowing temporary foreign workers to switch employers freely and avoid exploitation

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