The 2025 Canadian general election will be held on October 20, 2025 at the latest. Judging from the latest survey, the support of the Conservative Party has almost doubled compared to the Liberal Party, and it is very likely that it will come to power!
Seeing this result, many people began to be uneasy!
Is Canada closing?
Those who are familiar with Canada's immigration policy know that a Conservative victory is likely to mean a drastic change in Canada's immigration policy.
To trace the cause, we must go back to 2006.
At that time, the Conservative Party defeated the Liberal Party again after 13 years and returned to power, and the Liberal Party's legacy of immigration policy was "extremely relaxed", resulting in a backlog of 640,000 immigration cases.
After a transition period of more than a year, Harper, the Conservative Party leader who was the prime minister of Canada at the time, took decisive action in 2008, including: reducing the list of skilled migrant occupations, reducing the number of occupations accepted, suspending skilled immigration applications, and even cutting some immigration applications across the board.
After the four consecutive recruitments, the backlog of Canadian immigration applications was reduced from 640,000 in 2006 to 100,000.
This is the main reason why many people think that the Conservative Party will reduce or oppose immigration.
But times have changed. Today's Canada needs immigrants to solve its declining labor shortage and hedge against the negative impact of its large retirement population and declining birth rate.
However, this does not mean that the Conservatives will turn a blind eye to immigration, and how to find a balance between a serious backlog of applications and a shortage of highly skilled labor may be a new issue for them.
The following is the Conservative Party's recent declaration on immigration policy, from which we can also roughly see their attitude:
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The Conservative Party also welcomes immigrants, and the Canadian immigration door will not be closed.
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The Conservatives will build a fair, transparent and efficient immigration system.
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The Conservative Party will prioritize attracting skilled immigrants and promoting Canada's economic prosperity.
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Streamlining the assessment and certification process for international qualifications and skills certificates.
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Pilot programs targeting skills shortages in specific industries and regions continue to attract foreign temporary workers to Canada.
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Accelerate the family reunification immigration review and provide more help for newcomers to settle in.
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Reduced immigration landing fees.
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Canadian-born citizenship is revoked for non-resident infants, unless one of the child's parents is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
In fact, in the second half of 2023, the direction of Canada's immigration policy has begun to change.
By 2024, it will change its tolerant attitude towards immigrants in the past, and carry out a series of reforms and upgrades in immigration policies, including: raising the language threshold, meeting strict employer requirements, paying more attention to the introduction of talents in short supply, tightening the policy for international students and temporary labor, and improving the standards for investment immigration.
It can be said that the tightening of Canada's immigration policy is already the trend of the times, but the 2025 general election after the Conservative Party comes to power is likely to further promote the tightening process.
If you are interested in immigrating to Canada, it is advisable to choose the right program as soon as possible and submit your application during the Liberal Party to avoid the impact of the election.