the reason canadians supported reasonable immigration levels in the past was that we had high entrance requirements. stephen harper started breaking down those entrance requirements to bring in more conservative voters from religious societies, and justin trudeau bizarrely accelerated harper's policy. we now have an irresponsible immigration policy with low entrance requirements, including letting people bring their grandparents with them, which is insane.
canadians have not changed their views.
the government has abandoned responsible immigration policy, and canadians are rejecting that shift in policy.