Overview
- U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance used a series of X posts to argue that Canada’s embrace of high immigration and diversity has produced “stagnating” living standards.
- He shared a chart using Ice Cap Asset Management data, first published by The Telegraph, showing Canada’s GDP per capita lagging the U.S. and U.K. since the pandemic, and Ice Cap analyst Richard Dias replied that he agreed.
- Vance rejected claims that U.S. policy or President Donald Trump are to blame and criticized the CBC, saying responsibility lies with Canada’s elected leadership.
- Statistics Canada reports that roughly 23% of Canada’s population is foreign‑born, the highest share in the G7, a figure Vance highlighted in his argument.
- The federal government has moved to freeze permanent levels and cut temporary resident targets by about 43% by 2027, with the immigration minister’s office declining to address Vance directly while emphasizing a shift toward labour‑market needs and capacity.