At one all-candidates meeting, he argued that immigration levels to Canada were too high and should be cut in half.

A month later a poll of 1,200 people conducted by the newspaper The Australian found that 71 percent said immigration levels were too high.

In 2005, immigration level fell slightly to 135,890.

The Liberals committed to raising actual immigration levels further in 2005.

Even with the data on the income requirements, it is difficult to predict exactly what impact the new law will have on immigration levels.

But immigration levels were much higher in the past.

The party also advocated a reduction in immigration levels and a retreat from official bilingualism.

Prominent members often press for massive, sometimes total, reductions in immigration levels.

In conference, an agreement has been set to increase the current immigration level of 540,000 to 700,000 for the first three years, then 675,000 after that.

Fear of joblessness has kept others away, pushing immigration levels to their lowest point in two years.