Trudeau said Canada ramped up immigration to bolster the labour market after the Covid-19 pandemic and to stave off a recession. However, some "bad actors" manipulated these schemes for profit, he claimed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs, after blaming “bad actors” for gaming the system. Trudeau released a nearly seven-minute video on YouTube Sunday talking about the recent reduction in permanent residents being admitted to Canada and changes to the temporary foreign worker program.

Over the next two years, the permanent residency stream is being reduced by about 20 per cent to 365,000 in 2027 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government could have acted faster on reining in immigration programs,