NDP leader Avi Lewis wants to massively increase refugee intake

In an interview with an immigrant-centred news outlet, NDP Leader Avi Lewis proposed radical and sweeping reforms to Canada’s immigration system.

Newly elected NDP Leader Avi Lewis gave an interview with New Canadian Media, an immigrant-centered advocacy group and news outlet, where he outlined his plan to open up the foreign worker program and increase the intake of refugee claimants.

The article from the outlet, which describes its sole purpose as “presenting the immigrant point-of-view on Canadian current affairs,” said Lewis advocated granting illegal immigrants legal status, ending restrictions on the temporary foreign worker program and repealing laws which prevent illegal migrants in the U.S. from applying to Canada.