That is exactly why I am against “point based” immigration whatever that means. It essentially translates to saying we only bring in wealthy immigrants. Both Ca

That is exactly why I am against “point based” immigration whatever that means. It essentially translates to saying we only bring in wealthy immigrants. Both Canada and NZ have similar problems, their point based immigration system disproportionately favor more financially well off class of people, in many cases the investor class loophole basically allows to buy citizenship. Add to that the number of immigrants is federally controlled, the government has no say in where the incoming immigrants settle which in many cases end up being big cities such as Toronto or Vancouver. And then the international student visa scheme. Many universities basically use them as their lifeline. Concordia University in Montreal for example has over 50% of their registered students being international. I am in much more favour of the old system where the applicant applies through a provincial (state) immigration and each state gets to set their quota. Once approved the immigrant has to settle in the province they apply for and live there for certain number of years. This allowed even distribution and not put pressure on already tight housing supply in major big cities such as Toronto. But the federal government in Canada in 2015 removed this provincial cap and instead introduced a point based lottery system where both the lottery cap and applicant selection through point score threshold is done by the federal government. EDIT: Also the point based system allows abuse in countries where we’ll connected people can basically buy “accredited” credentials such as relevant accredited experience in professions. I know someone who doesn’t know a thing about welding, but they moved here with credentials. Government has no way to verify these accreditation in many cases for many countries.