Reflection on the 2027 Immigration Levels Plan: Substance Welcome, Presentation Opaque

The Carney government’s newly announced immigration levels plan sets a headline baseline of 380,000 permanent resident admissions for 2027. That figure has dominated media coverage. There’s some smoke and some mirrors here. That number 380,000 is about 1% of the population which was the ‘standard’ pre-COVID surge. Layered on top, however, are substantial apparently time-limited