Smith says temporary residents cost Alberta taxpayers $1B a year

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa’s immigration system has left provincial taxpayers footing a billion-dollar bill for temporary residents who contribute a fraction of that in taxes.

Source: CPAC (Edited with AI)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says temporary residents are costing the province more than $1 billion a year in health care and education while contributing just $150 million to provincial tax revenues.

Smith made the claim while defending Alberta’s upcoming immigration referendum, arguing the federal temporary resident syste…