Again, I have not looked deeply at the issue of what the appropriate levels would be for immigration. I don't know that I could speak with any particular authority on the issue. I do agree that we could and should raise them. I think we are a country that needs immigrants, and I think that we, and you, have heard already from a number of people that the various categories of immigration....and it's not correct to say that some are an economic benefit and some are just about family reunification. It's much more complicated than that. When families are well and healthy and happy, they contribute more. I think that the economic well-being of the country is well served by healthy immigration even in the family category.
On October 20th, 2016. See this statement in context.