What utter nonsense and the reporter should know better. The only way these immigration levels (300,000 plus) will work is if the Canadian population (including immigrants) starts to spread out across the country. It is not happening and won't in the next several decades. With the exception of a handful of regions (the GTA, certain Prairie cities, B.C.'s lower mainland and perhaps greater Montreal) population growth has been disappointedly low and in some cases negative. In my view, the GTA is currently at a tipping point in terms of it's ability to absorb new residents (traffic congestion, health care, public services, etc). Adding another half a million people over the next few years will only make matters far worse. And the idea that large numbers of immigrants will be attracted to less populated regions and more remote parts of Canada is nothing but a fantasy. The writer of this article needs to quit dreaming and start dealing with reality.