Mark Carney told the New York Times that with the immigration system “back under control,” the question is when to begin a “controlled increase” of the population.
Let me be absolutely clear: nothing could be further from the truth.
Here is the reality.
Last year, our population grew by 280,810 people. And the current plan is still admitting 380,000 permanent residents annually through 2028, plus 148,000 existing temporary residents already in Canada who will become permanent residents.
That’s not an immigration system under control. That’s a system that never stopped. And now, the same establishment that got us into this mess wants to keep driving us further down.
Canada’s population growth rate collapsed from 2.98% in 2024 to 0.94% in 2025, a 68% drop. Over the same period, real GDP growth slowed from 2.0% to 1.7%, and the economy actually contracted at an annualized 0.6% in the fourth quarter.
Our economy is now structurally dependent on endless inflows of people. When the inflow slows, GDP stalls; a Ponzi scheme that only benefits the big business lobby and the politicians they own.
Canadians are left with unaffordable housing, stagnant wages, young families locked out of homeownership, and overloaded hospitals and schools; while big businesses use cheap foreign labour instead of investing in our own people and technology.
The People’s Party has the only real solution: an immediate moratorium on all immigration until we cool the housing market, fix our infrastructure, and let wages rise for Canadians. We must prioritize Canadian families.
A declining population is not the end of the world. Being replaced in your own country is.