Juno News - Most Canadians support cutting immigration to Harper-era levels

00:00:00.000 Folks will recall that it was actually in the interview that Pierre Polyev did with us at

00:00:04.180 Juneau News, the sit-down that we did in February, that he pledged to go back to Harper-level

00:00:09.560 targets and numbers, and that was back when Canada used to admit approximately a quarter

00:00:14.680 of a million Canadians, newcomers per year in the permanent residence stream, 57%.

00:00:19.620 So I think that shows that this is a winning issue for Conservatives, by and large, and

00:00:25.080 And that Polyev should lean into it and talk about it more.

00:00:29.360 What's your takeaway on that, David?

00:00:31.440 Well, it's very telling even among people that are indicating that they're going to vote for the Liberal Party today.

00:00:38.380 Only 8% of those people want to go to the Century Initiative target.

00:00:44.720 35% of Liberal supporters want to have the status quo.

00:00:48.340 And 40% agree with Mr. Polyev in reducing to the Stephen Harper targets.

00:00:53.140 and then just one final within the the ndp it's six percent that support the century initiative

00:00:58.740 targets 47 want status quo so that's much higher than base than everyone else but still three in

00:01:05.140 ten new democrat supporters want to reduce immigration permanent stream residents uh volumes

00:01:11.940 down to the harper targets like this is not a fringe position this is held by at straight at

00:01:20.500 at the top level, a majority of Canadians. This is very significant. And I think that all party

00:01:25.380 leaders would be wise to understand that. And to listen to Canadians, that this isn't,

00:01:31.780 you know, I think that the left and the media like to say that those who oppose immigration

00:01:34.980 have some sort of, you know, bigoted mindset that they just don't like newcomers. It's clearly not

00:01:40.640 the case, given the ethnic makeup of our country already. And the fact that people are still saying

00:01:45.120 that they're open to having a quarter of a million newcomers come every year, 57% say that.

00:01:49.980 So it's not about any kind of thoughts on ethnicity or race.

00:01:57.040 It really is these other tangential issues that it creates.

Juno News - April 17, 2025