OTTAWA — The federal government is taking a hatchet to temporary immigration levels, cutting the number of temporary students it will let in next year by half.

The changes were revealed in a preview of the Carney government’s three-year immigration level plan contained in the 2025 budget tabled Tuesday.

While Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on plateauing the number of permanent residents coming into Canada annually at 380,000 until 2028, his government is further slashing temporary resident admissions.

In the budget, the government suggested the new plan was necessary because immigration had gotten out of control, a drum frequently beat by the Conservatives recently.

“In recent years, the system became even harder to manage and less functional, and the pace of arrivals began to ex

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