Trudeau admits open immigration system was exploited by bad actors [Video]

Trudeau said some exploited the new system, which accepted a large number of immigrants to accommodate the nation’s labor shortage. Canada has now restricted immigration to combat the population boom.

“In the last two years, our population has grown really fast, like a baby boom,” he said. “… Increasingly bad actors like fake colleges and big chain corporations have been exploiting our immigration system for their own interests.

“We are reducing the number of immigrants who are coming to Canada for the next three years,” he said. “We made some mistakes, and that’s why we are taking this big turn.”

The prime minister said corporations and colleges have taken advantage of the system to “raise their bottom line.”

“We have seen way too many large corporations doing this,” Trudeau said. “Far too many colleges and universities used international …