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A new Leger poll commissioned by OMNI News reveals a remarkable shift in public opinion: even immigrants now want less immigration.

Of 1,510 foreign-born respondents, 67% say Canada should admit fewer than 300,000 newcomers per year, and four in 10 believe the intake should drop below 100,000. That’s far below the federal government’s plan to maintain 380,000 permanent residents annually beginning in 2026.

Minister of Immigration Marc Miller says that he is focused on the backlog of immigration processing — 5 million data points just this year — to make sure that newcomers have documents to “live their life,” or be sent back to their home countries within “acceptable” timeframes pic.twitter.com/8lKoEtRwrs

— Tamara Ugolini 🇨🇦 (@TamaraUgo) September 30, 2023

“Public perceptions have shifted dramatically,” admitted Leger vice-president Andrew Enns, as reported by CityNews. He noted that newcomers themselves are increasingly alarmed by the pressure mass immigration has placed on housing, healthcare, and strained public services, though newer arrivals remain more cautious, as many rely on the very temporary programs now being capped or cut.

Guess what the latest immigration numbers show?

Aside from the mass immigration boom continuing as Carneys promise to get things under control crumbles

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— Tamara Ugolini 🇨🇦 (@TamaraUgo) August 15, 2025

But beyond the numbers, real-world examples of systemic abuse are feeding this increasing public skepticism.

In rural Ontario, residents raised red flags over exploitation within the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. A Rebel News investigation uncovered allegations of immigration fraud, coerced marriage, and possible human trafficking tied to a Picton Tim Hortons. Text messages show that a manager offered a 17-year-old girl $15,000–$20,000 to marry her brother from India—an arrangement the manager described in her own words.

Shout out to this BASED OPP Constable

Tim Hortons in Picton, Ont. tried to trespass me while investigating the staggering allegations of immigration fraud at the location where a MINOR was offered $20K for an arranged marriage with her managers brother

He was having NONE of it pic.twitter.com/532JK1NiVj

— Tamara Ugolini 🇨🇦 (@TamaraUgo) September 30, 2025

While the mainstream media continually downplays or disregards well-documented abuses of Canada’s immigration system, a 2021 parliamentary report found that up to 75% of surveyed individuals observed employers favouring certain nationalities, alongside illegal wage theft, unpaid overtime, and demands for kickbacks in exchange for job offers or immigration sponsorships.

Meanwhile, Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs), the crucial approvals that let employers hire temporary foreign workers and often pave the way to permanent residency, have surged. Yet government inspections of TFW employers have plummeted, even as fraud has increased.

As a sign of the times, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has warned that offenders face five-year bans, highlighting just how widespread the abuse has become.

Additional polling shows that the public has noticed.

A Nanos survey found 71% of Canadians want immigration levels reduced, citing eroded job prospects, unaffordable housing, and social services stretched beyond capacity.

Yet corporate lobbyists continue to push for high inflows to secure cheap labour, while brands like Tim Hortons openly admit they profit from this population growth. Criticizing this model is not “racist” or “xenophobic” as some would have you believe — it’s necessary.

With over three million temporary residents in the country and countless visas on the verge of expiring, Canadians are left to ask a blunt question: Does the immigration system exist to serve the public, or to fuel a cheap-labour pipeline for corporate Canada?