Federal public servants warned the government two years ago that large increases to immigration could affect housing affordability and services, internal documents show.
Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada analyzed the potential effects immigration would have on the economy, housing and services, as it prepared its immigration targets for 2023-2025.
The deputy minister, among others, was warned in 2022 that housing construction had not kept up with the pace of population growth.
“In Canada, population growth has exceeded the growth in available housing units,” one slide deck reads.
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