Although government spending tops list, people increasingly blame interest rate policies and businesses increasing their prices for the sharp rise in the cost of living – Two in three believe an increase in the annual target of immigrants will have a negative or somewhat negative impact on the cost of housing (Bloomberg/Nanos)

A majority of Canadians believe increasing the annual target of immigrants as permanent residents from 465,000 in 2023 to 500,000 by 2025 would have a negative (42%) or somewhat negative (26%) impact on the cost of housing. One in five believe it will have a positive (8%) or somewhat positive impact (12%), while seven per cent say it will have no impact. Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,081 Canadians, 18 years of age or older...