Little Support Among Canadians for Citizenship Pathway for Illegal Immigrants: Federal Research

The Liberal government pledged during the 2021 election campaign to reform its immigration programs to “explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities”


Internal government research to assess public opinion in Canada about extending the provision of citizenship to illegal immigrants found a significant number of respondents opposed to the idea.

Pollsters asked focus groups if they’d support citizenship for “out of status” or “undocumented” immigrants who have either overstayed their temporary visas or entered Canada illegally. ---More...

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