Ibbitson: The Liberal’s immigration policies have accomplished the opposite of what was intended 

Indeed, how ironic (and irresponsible):

…Maybe the next budget will dedicate itself to improving productivity growth by cutting back on immigration. Nothing would surprise anymore.

There is a final irony to all of this. Since the days of the Laurier government in the late 1800s, the Liberal Party has been the party that supported immigration and that immigrants supported.

But an online survey in December by Leger of 2,104 adults who arrived in Canada within the past 10 years (margin of error within 2.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20) found that four-in-10 newcomers believe Canada brings in too many immigrants.

The Conservatives are now as popular as the Liberals with newcomers. There would be a certain irony if the Liberal Party’s wide-open immigration policies caused immigrant voters to contribute to its defeat.

Source: The Liberal’s immigration policies have accomplished the opposite of what was intended