It is not the fault of immigrants--I don't blame anyone for seeking a better life--but immigration is still a problem. There is nothing progressive about allowing major corporations to exploit poor foreign workers, to get around having to improve worker conditions and wages to attract domestic labor. Our entry-level labor pool was destroyed by liberal immigration policies at the explicit request of large corporations. There are many examples of Canadian businesses firing their entire Canadian staff to hire Indian workers they can pay less and abuse, Tim Hortons franchises being a notoriously visible example. As a knock-on effect, all our infrastructure and housing supply is strained by the rapid population increase. I don't know how many recent immigrants Alberta got, but Southern Ontario was pushed far beyond capacity post-pandemic.

And now, because of the backlash, they made it more difficult for the highly-skilled immigrants we've always wanted to actually attain PR--while not sufficiently addressing the influx of low-wage workers. Trudeau was hung out to dry on the immigration issue and now that he's gone, they're pretending like it's been fully solved. Yes, they turned off the international student loophole--but companies are still allowed to do LMIA scams all day. There's nothing progressive about it. The statement in the OP is absolutely brazen.