There were reasons for the plan in 2021 to increase immigration to levels to 500,000 by 2025, including to address labor shortages, playing catch-up to immigration targets due to pandemic throttling of immigration processing, and to march towards a longer-term trend of handing an aging population, where immigration often plays supporting roles in addressing labor needed for healthcare, home care, etc.
Did this surge create some issues? Yes it did, around housing, infrastructure, and bad-faith actors (e.g. diploma mills). Can't sugarcoat that. But to be fair, the housing crisis was a complex issue brewing for decades prior to Fraser's tenure as Minister, for various reasons beyond any one government, and infrastructure deficits have been a chronic problem among provinces (where the Feds have played their part in funding when provinces tighten their pocketbooks).
When decisions are made at points-in-time in governance in both the pubilc and private sectors, and if changing course is something that is needed with the benefit of hindsight, data and emerging issues, then it's important to be pliable and correct course.
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