OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said "Canada's new immigration plan" will be in the federal budget next week, but immigration department officials don't know if that includes the annual levels plan outlining how many newcomers Canada intends to admit for the next year.

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act says the immigration levels plan must be tabled every year, on or before Nov. 1. However it allows for an additional 30 days if Parliament is not sitting. The deadline falls on a Saturday this year and Parliament does not typically sit on weekends.

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