I also support that the number of incoming immigrants has to match the capacity of the country. One percent is a good reference. When we look at the distribution of new immigrants, ten years ago 90% of new immigrants settled in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, but the recent figure shows that it's down to 70%. That means more and more people settling in communities outside the major urban centres. I also see a lot of smaller communities, including Fort St. John in northern British Columbia, long for more new immigrants to help to build the community. So I think we are still not at the kind of maximum capacity that we cannot accommodate any extra immigrants.
On October 25th, 2011. See this statement in context.