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Having seen its dominant share of Canadian immigration shrink over the past decade, Ontario is fighting back. Ontario’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Charles Sousa said Friday that federal immigration policies are hurting Canada’s largest province. In response, Mr. Sousa announced the creation of Ontario’s first-ever immigration strategy, which he says will be crucial to the province’s economic future. He also called on the federal government to negotiate a new agreement on immigration with the province.

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Immigration & Diversity in the News

Recent articles on immigration and diversity appearing in the local, national and international news. Articles are updated on a regular basis.

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August 31, 2026

The Hub — C.D. Howe council urges deeper cuts to temporary residents, better exit tracking (opens in a new tab)

The C.D. Howe Institute’s immigration targets council is urging Ottawa to make further cuts to the number of temporary residents and to improve tracking of when they leave the country, as federal figures dated June 30 counted 632,000 people on study permits in Canada, along with another 1.5 million holding temporary work permits. The recommendation comes two years into the government’s push to shrink the temporary resident population, but council chair Parisa Mahboubi has warned that Ottawa is effectively flying blind, relying on the mere assumption that people with expired permits actually depart.

August 31, 2026

CTV News — More than half of Albertans support referendum questions on immigration: poll (opens in a new tab)

A new poll ahead of Alberta’s fall referendum finds that a majority of voters will likely vote in support of the five questions related to immigration. Conducted online by Research Co. between Aug. 24 and 26, the poll found that 66 per cent of Albertans support the provincial government introducing a law requiring individuals provide proof of citizenship to vote in a provincial election. It was also found that 65 per cent of respondents are in favour of the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purpose of decreasing it, prioritizing economic migrations and giving Albertans first priority on employment opportunities.

August 30, 2026

Independent — Trump’s latest plans could make it even harder for H-1B visa holders and their spouses to stay in America (opens in a new tab)

Donald Trump’s administration is pursuing major changes to the H-1B visa program, which allows immigrants with specialized skills to legally work in the U.S. The changes could make it easier to deport H-1B workers if they lose their job and prevent their family members from working in the U.S. On Thursday, a proposal to eliminate a 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders to find a new job or adjust their status before their visas lapse cleared a key White House review office, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Bloomberg Law reported.

August 30, 2026

CTV News — Immigration board asks feds to better track temporary residents (opens in a new tab)

OTTAWA — Canada needs to make further cuts to the number of temporary residents in the country and generate better tracking data when they leave the country, the head of an expert panel on immigration said. Parisa Mahboubi chairs the C.D. Howe Institute’s immigration targets council, which includes former immigration minister Jason Kenney and top academics in the field in its membership. The council is preparing a submission for the government’s annual immigration levels consultation period.

August 29, 2026

CTV News — Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules (opens in a new tab)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration ‘s quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views. Judge Noel Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.

August 28, 2026

CTV News — Trump administration seeks to restrict internships for international students (opens in a new tab)

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a memo for universities that seeks to restrict issuance of certain internship work authorizations for international students as the federal government warned that colleges not complying with the regulations may lose certification to enroll foreign students. The federal memo dated August 24 said the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which is part of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, has “observed a rise in Curricular Practical Training (CPT) authorizations that appear to violate regulatory requirements which permit CPT only where the training is an integral part of an established curriculum.”

August 28, 2026

Washington Post — White South Africans could get $4,500 in aid if they come to U.S. as refugees (opens in a new tab)

White South Africans who come to the United States as refugees could get up to $4,500 per person in initial federal support beginning Oct. 1, nearly double the current amount, four people familiar with the change in policy told The Washington Post. The assistance — up from about $2,400 — would be the highest level to date, one of the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share the information.