{"id":2370305,"date":"2024-11-18T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-admits-open-immigration-system-was-exploited-by-bad-actors-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:04:13","slug":"trudeau-admits-open-immigration-system-was-exploited-by-bad-actors-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-admits-open-immigration-system-was-exploited-by-bad-actors-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau admits open immigration system was exploited by \u2018bad actors\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrudeau-admits-open-immigration-system-was-exploited-by-bad-actors-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2370305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has acknowledged that the country&#8217;s immigration system, which was reformed during the COVID-19 pandemic to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-41-percent-of-voters-trust-republicans-on-immigration-policy\/\" title=\"Only 41 Percent of Voters Trust Republicans on Immigration Policy\">address labor shortages<\/a>, has been \u2064exploited by &#8220;bad actors.&#8221; In a\u2062 recent YouTube video, he highlighted issues arising from an influx of immigrants that has \u200cled to\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-you-want-haitians-eating-cats-in-your-town-vote-for-harris\/\" title=\"If You Want Haitians Eating Cats In Your Town, Vote For Harris\">rapid population increase<\/a>, likening it to a baby boom. This exploitation \u200chas been attributed to fraudulent colleges and corporations capitalizing on the new system for \u200btheir profit.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau announced that Canada will implement immigration restrictions over the next three years to mitigate this surge, stating, &#8220;We made some mistakes, and that\u2019s why\u200c we are taking this big turn.&#8221; The proposed reforms aim to stabilize population growth, allowing the housing market to\u2064 catch up with demand. Specifically, Immigration Minister Marc Miller&#8217;s plan includes\u2063 a 20% reduction in the number of permanent residents by 2025, with further decreases\u2064 planned through \u20622027. Trudeau emphasized the need to allow the economy and communities to adjust amid these changes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trudeau admits open immigration system was exploited by &lsquo;bad actors&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835328\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> lamented the presence of &ldquo;bad actors&rdquo; after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canada&rsquo;s <\/a>immigration system reformed during the COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pandemic<\/a> in a YouTube video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trudeau said some exploited the new system, which accepted a large number of immigrants to accommodate the nation&rsquo;s labor shortage. Canada has now restricted immigration to combat the population boom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the last two years, our population has grown really fast, like a baby boom,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;&hellip; Increasingly bad actors like fake colleges and big chain corporations have been exploiting our immigration system for their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are reducing the number of immigrants who are coming to Canada for the next three years,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We made some mistakes, and that&rsquo;s why we are taking this big turn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vOB7-dbYuCc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Canada&rsquo;s changing its immigration system\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vOB7-dbYuCc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> said corporations and colleges have taken advantage of the system to &ldquo;raise their bottom line.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have seen way too many large corporations doing this,&rdquo; Trudeau said. &ldquo;Far too many colleges and universities used international students to raise their bottom line, because they could charge these students tens of thousands of dollars more for the same degree. And then there are really bad actors who outright exploit people who target vulnerable immigrants with promises of jobs, diplomas, and easy pathways to citizenship promises that would never come true.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Looking back when the postpandemic boom cooled and the businesses no longer needed the additional workforce, as a federal team, we could have acted quicker and turned off the taps faster,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3202036\/trudeau-announces-immigration-restrictions-electoral-defeat-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> new immigration<\/a> reforms will cut down on the population influx and &ldquo;help stabilize population growth while housing stocks catch up.&rdquo; Trudeau said the pause will &ldquo;give our economy and our communities the chance to catch up with things like our plan to build more homes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The plan, put forward by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, calls for a 20% reduction in permanent residents in 2025, then continue to drop by roughly 4% annually through 2027,&nbsp;<em>Bloomberg<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-10-24\/trudeau-reverses-course-on-immigration-after-support-plunges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. From 2024 to 2025, the total planned number of immigrants will be reduced from 500,000 to 395,000.<\/p>\n<p>In another unprecedented move, the number of temporary residents faces its first-ever limit, declining the expected number by hundreds of thousands. Trudeau also adopted some rhetoric previously used by President-elect&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;in blaming corporations for using immigrants to undercut the wages of native Canadians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the immigration pause, Trudeau will then consider <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">letting population growth continue<\/a> once again if the Canadian economy catches up. <\/p>\n<p>The substantial move comes as Trudeau faces an election in 2025 that will determine the future of the Liberal Party leader. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-justin-trudeau-liberal-party-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">poll<\/a> showed a majority of Canadians want Trudeau to be replaced as the party&rsquo;s leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835328\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835328\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trudeau acknowledges misuse of immigration system by &#8216;bad actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trudeau.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45233,3813,14260],"class_list":["post-2370305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bad-actors","tag-immigration","tag-trudeau"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trudeau.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370309,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370305\/revisions\/2370309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}