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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

Primary routes are checkable

Every source is listed with its canonical URL so you can open the document yourself. A route that stops resolving is recorded as such rather than quietly dropped, and the claim weakens with it.

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MWITA-MM-2026-029 · Evidence B · P1

IRCC reported that new worker and student arrivals fell by 361,935, or 53%, in 2025 compared with 2024 after multiple policy measures.

D17 · Distribution, Discovery & Audience D18 · Operations, Governance & Organization D19 · Measurement, Experimentation & Economics

Counterevidence & uncertainty

The update associates the decline with a package of measures but does not isolate each measure's causal effect or broader welfare consequences.

What would change the reading

Update with detailed administrative cohorts and evaluation.

Primary routes

MM-S020https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/committees/cimm-apr-20-2026/immigration-levels-plan.htmlOpen source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.