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Podcast: The Andrew Lawton Show
Episode: Opposing Trudeau’s immigration target isn’t racist
Description: The Liberal government is planning on ramping up its target number of immigrants to Canada to 500,000 by 2025 (though the actual number will be higher when asylum seekers and other entry programs are taken into consideration.) New polling shows more than two-thirds of Canadians think this will negatively impact the cost of housing, though the federal government is refusing to budge. There are economic reasons Canadians are souring on Canada’s ambitious immigration targets, but anyone who raises challenges is accused of racism, True North’s Andrew Lawton says.True North’s Cosmin Dzsurdzsa joins to try to make s...