Minister says 300,000 new immigrants a year is Canada's 'new normal'Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, holds a news conference to update Canadians on the possible impacts of recent immigration-related decisions made by President Donald Trump, in Ottawa on Sunday, January 29, 2017. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)more stories from this episodeFull EpisodeCanada's immigration minister says Canada will welcome at least as many immigrants next year as it is in 2017. Immigration minister Ahmed Hussen told The House that the government will not go below that level next year. This will be followed closely by family class immigrants and then refugees, Hussen said. Statistics Canada census numbers released Wednesday revealed the number of immigrants in Canada has reached its highest rate in a century.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2017 10:59 UTC