One major change that happened with immigration is that the provinces (particularly - but not exclusively - Ontario) slashed funding for schools and encouraged

One major change that happened with immigration is that the provinces (particularly - but not exclusively - Ontario) slashed funding for schools and encouraged them to make up for it by profiting off of a near infinite supply of foreign students. Education is a provincial responsibility; the feds basically rubber stamped student visas, under the assumption that provinces were to be trusted for only accrediting responsible schools; schools that would import the best and brightest from around the world and train them to be valuable contributors to the country. That assumption faltered - instead, private strip-mall colleges began bringing in absolutely anybody with a pulse who could pay sky-high foreign tuition fees. Conestoga College in Kitchener-Waterloo, most notoriously, increased their foreign student enrollment by ~1500% - to nearly 30,000 students, 3/4 of the student population - putting enormous pressure on the city (which is not a very big city). I think it's fair to blame the Libs for being asleep at the wheel while this happened, but I wish more ire was directed towards the provinces for this.