Canada’s Trudeau slashes country’s immigration numbers

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Canada is set to reduce immigration levels following a major policy reversal by the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The new policy was announced Thursday and comes as Prime Minister Trudeau’s poll numbers are declining amid rising anti-immigrant sentiments. Host Carol Hills speaks with Thomas Soehl, an associate professor at McGill University, about the factors behind Trudeau’s decision to reverse his previous policy.

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