I think it's a contributing factor. One of the other witnesses mentioned that the committee spends relatively little time studying citizenship. I think citizenship is the forgotten member of the trio of immigration, refugees and citizenship that the ministry is tasked with and that the committee is tasked with. There is a number of factors that I think are leading to this, but the data show clearly that Canadian citizenship is becoming less desirable. The market value of Canadian citizenship is plummeting among permanent residents who are eligible to claim it, and this certainly wouldn't help.
On March 27th, 2023. See this statement in context.