While Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada’s “new immigration plan” will be in the federal budget next week, immigration department officials don’t know if that includes the annual levels plan outlining how many newcomers Ottawa intends to admit for the next year.
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act says the immigration levels plan must be tabled every year by Nov. 1. It allows for an additional 30 days if Parliament is not sitting, however. The deadline falls on a Saturday this year and Parliament does not typically sit on weekends.
