Federal-Provincial-Territorial Immigration Ministers Commit to Ongoing Collaboration to Strengthen the Immigration System

The Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI) met today to discuss Canada’s immigration levels planning for 2025–2027.

Canada’s immigration ministers discussed the economic and social benefits of immigration, levels of permanent and temporary residents, and related capacity pressures. Ministers emphasized that a well-managed immigration system is critical to Canada’s objective of distributing the benefits of immigration across the country and agreed that the ability to welcome and integrate newcomers is linked to having strong public services. Provincial and territorial ministers continued to call on the federal government to reverse the $625M cuts to employment services under the labour market transfer agreements (LMTAs) which will risk services on which workers, newcomers, job seekers and vulnerable Canadians rely. They underlined that strong collaboration and coordination between orders of government are key to leveraging federal, provincial and territorial immigration programs, including the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Federal, provincial and territorial immigration programs continue to address regional labour market needs and help all jurisdictions meet their economic, cultural and societal objectives. Ministers acknowledged Canada’s long-standing and proud tradition of welcoming newcomers, including the world’s most vulnerable people.

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