The announcement follows several recent measures aimed at controlling Canada’s record-high immigration levels, which have contributed to pushing the nation’s population beyond 41 million earlier this year.

In its announcement on Wednesday, the Canadian government also said that it would also tighten rules for foreign worker rules in an effort to reduce the number of temporary residents in the country.

Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down on the number of temporary residents in the country,

Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Yulia Navalnaya, the Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Trudeau's Liberal Party suffered a major setback as they lost a special election in Montreal, their second defeat in three months after they were trumped in Toronto. The defeats have raised questions on Trudeau's leadership ahead of the 2025 general election they are predicted to lose badly.