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  1. The ‘bad actors’ are still allowed to continue. He hasn’t done anything to stop them. His 20 percent reduction in 2027 doesn’t address any of the bad actors. Employers still don’t need to hire Canadians, diploma mills are still fully operating, and immigration consultants continue to promise bogus paths to citizenship.

  2. FourthHorseman45 on

    I’m more suprised he didn’t blame it on Harper at this point…Honestly now that ur Corporate buddies got what they want it’s easy to pretend that you had the best intentions but we’re not fooled mister two times strike buster. Honestly between Trudeau and the Conservatives I have a hard time seeing the difference

  3. Odd-Elderberry-6137 on

    Sean Fraser is the only bad actor here.  

    The immigration system was (and still is) full of holes and Sean Fraser was the one that blew the entire thing wide open. 

    The only surprising thing here is people being surprised that we ended with an outcome that was entirely fucking predictable.

  4. ishida_uryu_ on

    The liberals allowed this to become a huge problem, which screwed over both working class Canadians and new immigrants to this country.

    There’s only two groups that benefited from the massive surge: big corporations and landlords. Everyone else has been screwed by this policy. Trudeau, along with Miller and Fraser, are the ‘bad actors’ here.

  5. Justin: “Quick find me somebody to blame”

    Canadian Public: … holds up mirror

  6. BigMickVin on

    It’s crazy how the average Canadian knows more about the impacts of immigration policy than the government.

  7. ghost_n_the_shell on

    Oh bullshit.

    This is wage suppression for big business, while exacerbating the housing crisis on the backs of Canadians.

    This explanation is insulting.

  8. BeneficialHODLer on

    >Trudeau says the goal of the government’s immigration reduction is to help stabilize population growth while housing stocks catch up, **and then to consider gradually increasing immigration rates once again**.

  9. New-Midnight-7767 on

    He’s still trying to peddle the whole ‘labour shortage” narrative still huh? There was never one, only a wage shortage and businesses crying for more labour once employees gained a bit of bargaining power.

    People were pointing out how unsustainable immigration was and how it was impacting housing, healthcare, and jobs for years only to be called xenophobic and racist.

  10. According_Estate1138 on

    Are these bad actors in the room with us right now, Justin?

  11. Cordel2000 on

    Does this guy live in a box and doesn’t notice what’s going on around him,I guess he didn’t read his reports because he assumed other people would read them for him and tell him
    Whats going on in the country but here he is blaming other people for the problems his party has caused.

  12. damac_phone on

    Reducing immigration by %20 doesn’t do much when you’ve previously doubled it. 365k is still way too many

  13. entropydust on

    How long is the “we could have done better” excuse valid? Seems to me that this has been going on for years, not months.

  14. The bad actors are literally the Century folks and they gave you your marching orders.

    Now that the water is rising up he’s trying to throw blame at other people. THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU TRUDEAU. YOUR THE PM OF CANADA, NOT THE BAD ACTORS.

  15. Particular-Act-8911 on

    Still waiting for him to make real change on immigration.

  16. Nonamanadus on

    “Sunny Days” really meant light goes from ear to ear.

    The guy is a moron.

  17. The_Golden_Beaver on

    If we have bad actors, it’s because they let them be bad actors. Like you’ve been in power for almost a decade, how is this an acceptable excuse?

  18. Long_Doughnut798 on

    Oh it wasn’t his fault. How did I know he would say that. Trudeau must go!!

  19. He allowed this to happen, it’s been an obvious major issue the past 3 years, and even now his ‘fix’ is too little, way too late.

    We need to start deporting any immigrants with criminal charges, over stayed visa’s, shutdown the PR/citizenship loopholes, lower immigration targets further and sooner, diversify the countries of origin.

  20. Lanky_Charity_776 on

    I still don’t think he would’ve done anything if an election wasn’t on the horizon

  21. Why did you get fired in the last job, the job before, and the one before that?

    “It’s the bad actors outside my control”.

  22. kausthab87 on

    He is like Mayor Humdinger in paw patrol. First create the problem and when he gets caught cries victim.

  23. IDontDriveEnough on

    “Regardless of who you are or where you come from, there’s always a place for you in Canada.” JT on X, 16-Mar-2017

  24. FalseWitness4907 on

    No, no… Him and his cabinet along with Jagmeet called everyone racist/bigots when this issue was voiced. He should face treason charges along with his entire cabinet and the NDP.

  25. Their own burecrats warned them 4 years ago, along with the implications instead they took the advice of Mckinsey consultants Dominic Barton  and The Century initiative.

    His gov is the bad actor

  26. Fast_Satisfaction484 on

    Bad actors took advantage of bad policy. He never fixed the policy despite evidence. Now he is simply politicking, trying to garner support based on public opinion of issues. Bad Trudeau.

  27. CabernetSauvignon on

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault. <– we are here.

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did, you deserved it.

  28. Bad actors are supported by the Liberals as they have done nothing to stop them.
    That tells me Liberals don’t care.

  29. WealthEconomy on

    Little known fact, Trudeau calls himself “Bad Actors.” Now you know.

  30. taco_helmet on

    Nobody forced the Liberals to mass process visas applications, to give work permits to everyone, allow international student volumes to triple, double permanent immigration, etc. Bad actors also don’t account for the fact that they ignored the advice of public servants about housing impacts.   

     I will say it’s good that they at least take some accountability and have taken significant measures like the student cap, reimposing a visa requirement on Mexican travellers, deep cuts to permanent immigration levels…. all that is great.  But damage is done and it was forseeable, was foreseen in fact, and breaking the consensus on immigration will be part of their legacy, which is a disastrous result. Because immigration is great for everyone when well managed.

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