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The Trudeau government introduced its 2018 immigration plan last week, and we were told the Liberals were ushering in “the most ambitious immigration levels in recent history.”

The feds announced Canada would welcome one million newcomers in the next three years – and that’s just counting permanent residents who are on track to become citizens.

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The government will also issue hundreds of thousands of visas for guest workers, students, and other visitors to our country.

There is a problem, however, with increasing immigration to historic highs: Canadians have never been more skeptical of mass immigration.

Alongside its consultation process for determining immigration levels and the mix of immigrants selected, the government polled Canadians on their attitudes toward immigration.

The survey found that one in three Canadians believe we accept too many refugees, and about 27% of respondents said the overall number of immigrants is already too high.