Overview
- Environics reports 82% of Conservative voters now say too many immigrants are coming, up from 41% in 2020 and the highest level the firm has recorded for any group.
- A majority of Canadians overall share that view at 56%, which the institute notes has inched down from last year after sharp increases in the prior two years.
- Respondents most often point to poor policy management, housing strain, and economic pressures, with Environics finding limited evidence that cultural threat or racial animus is the primary driver.
- Nanos Research and Abacus Data also track waning support for higher intake, and nearly one-third of voters now rank immigration among their top issues.
- Conservative leaders are proposing hard caps, ending the temporary foreign worker program, and tougher action on bogus refugee claims, following a three-year population surge of roughly one million annually.