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Trudeau admits mass immigration agenda backfired on Canada

“We didn’t get the balance quite right,” Then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Oct. 2024, acknowledging immigration had surged and strained housing and labour supply.

Alex Dhaliwal
Jun 29, 2026
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Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the quiet part out loud Saturday, admitting his government overshot post-pandemic immigration targets.

However, he doubled down on defending immigration as essential, arguing integration depends on “shared values” rather than ancestry, during a forum chat in Pori, Finland.

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