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Ahead of Thursday’s budget, when the Carney government will release new immigration targets, business groups are lobbying to open the system back up again.

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The government should send a clear and unequivocal message: no.

Canada is a country built on immigration, but starting in 2021, we let the system get out of control. Despite Mark Carney claiming that his government has curbed the excesses, the numbers in all but one category remain well above historic norms.

The fact that some business groups say they need higher immigration to fill labour shortfalls in the midst of high unemployment should have everyone asking questions.

“I worry that we have turned the dials way too low and that there are some pretty significant labor market and population implications of the recent changes to immigration that may not be in Canada’s long-term interests,” Dan Kelly, CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, told Bloomberg this week .

Kelly is a nice guy, I like him a lot, but he’s completely wrong on this.

Our unemployment rate nationally is 6.5% , which is not healthy at all. The labour force participation rate is 64.8%, the lowest level since 1997. Youth unemployment sits at 13%, well above the national average.

More workers for what?

Why on earth would we decide to turn on the immigration taps again in an economy like this? It’s understandable that business groups want higher immigration. It allows them to keep wages low rather than hiking the pay package on offer to attract existing talent.

And yet, we might end up increasing immigration numbers based on what Prime Minister Carney told the New York Times last month when, for the first time ever, he raised the idea of increasing Canadian immigration levels while speaking to a foreign media outlet.

“What we’ve basically been doing is first getting the system under control,” Carney told the Times.

“Now the question starts to become: When do we resume some controlled increase in the population, which is the nature of Canada. So that will happen, and we just want to make sure that we’ve got it under control.”

The numbers don’t lie

Except, he never got the full system under control. His government appears to have wrestled with the temporary foreign workers program, but the rest of the system, in terms of the number of people coming in, remains well above historical norms.

The numbers don’t back up Carney’s claim of the system being back on track.

In 2015, the last year of the Harper Conservative government, Canada brought in 271,000 new permanent residents. When you add in the 219,166 foreign students, the 249,000 people granted temporary work permits and 16,040 asylum seekers, Canada added a total of 755,000 new people.

Fast forward to 2023 and we had 471,000 permanent residents, 682,889 foreign students, 949,270 people given work permits and 144,000 asylum seekers, for a total of 2,247,159. Even after Ottawa’s pullback, the total remained above two million in 2024 and 1.1 million in 2025.

The number of permanent residents who came to Canada in 2025 was still 45% higher than a decade ago. Foreign student numbers were up 75%, and asylum claims, mostly from economic migrants skipping the line, were up sevenfold compared with a decade ago.

Still too many, still too fast

This is not a system that is functioning and under control. This is a system that is better than it was, but still needs to be pulled back.

Increasing Canada’s immigration levels at this point in time would be the wrong thing to do economically. It would be the wrong thing to do morally. Sadly, it looks like this is the direction the government will take.

Before opening the immigration taps again, Ottawa should answer a simple question: if unemployment is high and jobs are scarce, who exactly is this serving?

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Upington and Musina are the hottest places at 38°C, with extremely high fire danger over the North West, the northern Free State and the southern Northern Cape. Mbombela, Ermelo and Newcastle have the best chance of rain at 60%. A Yellow Level 4 warning for flooding storms with hail covers north-western KwaZulu-Natal and central Mpumalanga, and a Level 2 warning reaches western KZN and central-southern Limpopo.

Weather warnings for Wednesday 4 November

SAWS has 1 weather warning in force for Wednesday, the highest warning level 10 for veld fire conditions. Tap a warning to see the areas and what to do.

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Red level 10Veld Fire ConditionsWhereSchweizer-Reneke, Mafikeng, Hoopstad, Bothaville + 7 moreWhenWed 09:00 to 17:59Areas: Schweizer-Reneke, Mafikeng, Hoopstad, Bothaville, Ratlou, Bloemhof, Tosca, Ventersdorp, Vryburg, Taung, Makapanstad.
  • Conditions are such that the FDI index is above 75. Under these conditions fires may develop and spread rapidly resulting in damage to property and possible loss of human and/or animal life.
What to do: All personnel and equipment should be removed from the field. Fire teams, labour and equipment are to be placed on full stand-by. At first sign of smoke, every possible measure should be taken in order to bring the fire under control in the shortest possible time. All available aircraft are to be called for without delay.SAWS advisoryImpact-Based WarningsWhat2 items, tap to read
  • Yellow Level 4 Warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, hail and excessive lightning resulting in flooding and damage to infrastructure are expected over the north-western parts of KwaZulu-Natal and the central parts of Mpumalanga.
  • Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, hail and lightning resulting in localised flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements are expected over the western parts of KwaZulu-Natal, the central-southern parts of Limpopo as well as the most parts of Mpumalanga.
SAWS advisoryFire Danger WarningsWhat1 item, tap to read
  • Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in places over the North West, southern parts of Northern Cape, western parts of the Western Cape, northern parts of the Free State as well as the Limpopo Valley and the Western Bushveld.
SAWS advisoryAdvisoriesWhat1 item, tap to read
  • Very hot to extremely hot conditions are expected over the West Coast, Cape Winelands, Central and Little Karoo districts including Hessequa and Swellendam municipalities in Western Cape as well as over the interior of Namakwa district.
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Weather today by province, Wednesday 4 November

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Each province lists its main towns with today’s sky, low and high, rain chance and wind; every province starts closed, tap one to open it. Tide times are inside Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Today Johannesburg peaks at 31°C.

Gauteng

Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, VereenigingPretoria peaks at 35°C after a 17°C start, with Johannesburg on 31°C, Soweto 32°C and Vereeniging 31°C. Showers and thundershowers carry a 30% chance.Johannesburg todayRain, storms31°15°30%N 10 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close GautengTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hJohannesburgRain, storms15°31°30%N 10PretoriaRain, storms17°35°30%NE 10SowetoRain, storms16°32°30%N 10VereenigingRain, storms16°31°30%N 10

Western Cape

Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, George · tidesVery hot conditions are expected over the West Coast, Cape Winelands and Karoo districts, with Stellenbosch on 31°C. George stays milder at 25°C under high cloud, with no rain anywhere.Cape Town todayHigh cloud30°15°0%W 10 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close Western CapeTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hCape TownHigh cloud15°30°0%W 10StellenboschHigh cloud13°31°0%W 10PaarlHigh cloud15°33°0%W 10GeorgeHigh cloud14°25°0%SE 10Tides: Cape TownDayLow tideHigh tideWed 4 Nov05:51, 18:3712:05

Mpumalanga and Limpopo next today: Mbombela reaches 31°C and Polokwane reaches 32°C.

Mpumalanga

Mbombela, eMalahleni, ErmeloCentral parts face a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe storms with hail and flooding, with a Level 2 warning over most parts. Mbombela reaches 31°C and Ermelo 29°C with a 60% chance of rain, and eMalahleni 30°C.Mbombela todayRain, storms31°17°60%NE 10 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close MpumalangaTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hMbombelaRain, storms17°31°60%NE 10eMalahleniRain, storms15°30°30%N 10ErmeloRain, storms14°29°60%WNW 10

Limpopo

Polokwane, Tzaneen, Thohoyandou, MusinaCentral-southern parts face a Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds, hail and localised flooding. Musina hits 38°C, Thohoyandou 35°C, Tzaneen 34°C and Polokwane 32°C, with a 30% chance of storms.Polokwane todayRain, storms32°15°30%NE 10 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close LimpopoTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hPolokwaneRain, storms15°32°30%NE 10TzaneenRain, storms15°34°30%E 5ThohoyandouRain, storms17°35°30%E 5MusinaRain, storms21°38°30%E 15

North West and Free State follow today: Mahikeng reaches 35°C and Bloemfontein reaches 33°C.

North West

Mahikeng, Rustenburg, Potchefstroom, KlerksdorpA veld fire warning runs from 09:00 to 17:59 for Mafikeng, Ratlou, Schweizer-Reneke and Bloemhof. Mahikeng and Rustenburg reach 35°C and Klerksdorp 34°C, with a 30% chance of thundershowers.Mahikeng todayRain, storms35°18°30%NNE 15 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close North WestTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hMahikengRain, storms18°35°30%NNE 15RustenburgRain, storms18°35°30%NNW 10PotchefstroomRain, storms17°33°30%N 20KlerksdorpRain, storms17°34°30%N 15

Free State

Bloemfontein, Bethlehem, KroonstadHoopstad and Bothaville are under a veld fire warning from 09:00 to 17:59. Bloemfontein reaches 33°C under mostly clear skies and Kroonstad 34°C, while Bethlehem has a 30% chance of thundershowers.Bloemfontein todayMostly clear33°13°0%NE 10 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close Free StateTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hBloemfonteinMostly clear13°33°0%NE 10BethlehemRain, storms12°31°30%W 10KroonstadPartly cloudy15°34°0%N 10

Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal close the list today: Kimberley reaches 35°C, Gqeberha reaches 24°C and Durban reaches 26°C.

Northern Cape

Kimberley, Upington, Springbok, De Aar · tidesClear and dry, with Upington on 38°C, Springbok 36°C, Kimberley 35°C and De Aar 34°C. Very hot conditions are expected over the interior of Namakwa, with extremely high fire danger in the south.Kimberley todayMostly clear35°14°0%E 5 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close Northern CapeTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hKimberleyMostly clear14°35°0%E 5UpingtonClear16°38°0%ESE 10SpringbokClear17°36°0%SW 10De AarMostly clear14°34°0%ESE 10Tides: Port Nolloth (modelled)DayLow tideHigh tideWed 4 Nov05:08, 17:5511:25

Eastern Cape

Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Queenstown · tidesA cloudy, dry day, with Queenstown the warmest at 31°C and Mthatha on 28°C. Gqeberha and East London both top out at 24°C.Gqeberha todayCloudy24°15°0%ENE 15 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close Eastern CapeTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hGqeberhaCloudy15°24°0%ENE 15East LondonCloudy17°24°0%WSW 10MthathaCloudy16°28°0%SW 5QueenstownCloudy14°31°0%SSW 5Tides: GqeberhaDayLow tideHigh tideWed 4 Nov06:13, 19:0400:00, 12:27Tides: East LondonDayLow tideHigh tideWed 4 Nov06:16, 19:0900:11, 12:38

KwaZulu-Natal

Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, Newcastle · tidesNorth-western parts face a Yellow Level 4 warning for severe storms, hail and flooding, and a Level 2 over western parts. Newcastle reaches 33°C with a 60% chance of rain, Richards Bay 31°C and Durban 26°C.Durban todayRain, storms26°21°30%SE 5 km/hTap for cities and townsTap to close KwaZulu-NatalTowns todayTownWeatherLoHiRainWind km/hDurbanRain, storms21°26°30%SE 5PietermaritzburgRain, storms16°27°30%SE 5Richards BayRain, storms19°31°30%NE 10NewcastleRain, storms15°33°60%NW 5Tides: DurbanDayLow tideHigh tideWed 4 Nov06:16, 19:0500:09, 12:43

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