India, April 17 -- The two front-runners to form the next Canadian government both made it clear that the country's immigration curbs will continue for the near future.

This was alluded to by Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre during the official French-language debate in Montreal on Wednesday.

Carney said, "The system isn't working, especially after the pandemic. Our population has gone up at about three per cent because of immigration and that's why we need to have cap for a certain period of time." He said that cap would remain in place for a "couple of years".

"The system isn't working," he remarked.

Poilievre also wanted to reduce intake of newcomers, as he ...