ANALYSIS: Taboo on Immigration Talk Slowly Lifting as Housing Remains Hot Political Issue

ANALYSIS: Taboo on Immigration Talk Slowly Lifting as Housing Remains Hot Political Issue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greet each other in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Noé Chartier
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“Supply, supply, supply” has been the mantra of both Liberals and Conservatives to address the housing crisis. However, both have now begun to talk more openly about the impact immigration is having on the demand side of the equation.

While the Liberals have remained publicly committed to their regular immigration targets, they’ve recently admitted that temporary forms of immigration, especially those pertaining to international students, are “out of control.”