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#Levels-Plan

A Canadian passport — Photo: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0

Policy Watch|Canada

Express Entry rewrite: extra points for high-wage Canadian experience, and no LMIA needed for job offers from 3 November

IRCC says that from 3 November 2026 a new Labour Market Integration factor will award up to 150 Comprehensive Ranking System points for Canadian work experience, with up to 70 extra for high-wage occupations, or up to 100 for a qualifying high-wage job offer. Job offers will no longer need a labour market impact assessment. Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while every profile is re-scored.

Daily Teabag Desk·October 19, 2026Centre

Montreal skyline — Photo: abdallahh, CC BY 2.0

Accountability|Canada

Québec election: permanent-admission targets collide with capacity

Élections Québec set polling day for 5 October 2026. In the final Radio-Canada leaders’ debate (23 September), parties restated permanent-immigration thresholds from 35,000 (PQ) to 70,000 (Québec solidaire), with CAQ and Conservatives around 45,000 — while Liberals kept a capacity-range hedge.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 25, 2026Slight right

Baggage claim at Toronto Pearson Terminal 1 — Photo: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0

Data Desk|Canada

IRCC’s 2026–28 plan: 380,000 permanent residents — and temporary arrivals nearly halved

Canada’s levels plan holds permanent-resident targets at 380,000 a year for 2026–28 while cutting new temporary-resident arrival targets from 673,650 (2025) to 385,000 (2026) and 370,000 (2027–28), aiming for non-permanent residents under 5% of population by end-2027.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Centre