Canada Will Be ‘Flexible’ With 1,000-Person Cap on Palestinian Visa Program: Immigration Minister

Program details initially showed the program would stop taking applications either after it received 1,000 requests, or after a year elapsed.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, on Dec. 21, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa’s 1,000-person cap on temporary resident visas for Palestinians looking to escape the Gaza Strip is not set in stone.

Mr. Miller, in an interview on CTV News Channel’s Power Play, was adamant the federal government’s stated 1,000-person maximum for its temporary resident program is not absolute.