The default position should be entering Canada is a privilege, not a right. Any application to enter that is flagged should be considered refused until proved otherwise. Instead they’re allowing entry and put the onus on Canada to prove their application was flawed.
Hard agree. Plus I asked Grok about expired visas. It’s shocking !
“Expired Temporary Resident Permits (Non-Student)
IRCC data shared with media in early 2026 indicates a large wave of expirations:
• Approximately 1.49 million temporary resident permits (primarily work and visitor extensions) expired in 2025.
• Another 1.4 million are set to expire in 2026.
• This brings the two-year total to roughly 2.9 million expirations for these categories (explicitly excluding study permits). 
Of the 2026 expirations, over half (about 55%) were projected to occur by June. After accounting for some transitions to permanent residency (PR), estimates suggest at least 2.1 million people could be left with expired or expiring status in 2026 alone. 
Broader figures that include study permits point to even higher volumes:
• Over 4 million temporary resident permits (study, work, and visitor) were set to expire across 2025–2026 combined. 
• Earlier projections for 2025 alone cited around 4.9 million expiring documents (note: this counts permits/documents rather than unique individuals in all cases). 
These numbers reflect the large temporary resident population built up in prior years, now facing a “permit cliff” amid policy efforts to reduce temporary immigration “
The default position should be entering Canada is a privilege, not a right. Any application to enter that is flagged should be considered refused until proved otherwise. Instead they’re allowing entry and put the onus on Canada to prove their application was flawed.
'This happened under ministerial oversight. ...And yet no one can clearly explain where responsibility actually ends."
The responsibility ends with Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney..and there is only ONE way to hold them "accountable"..
Hard agree. Plus I asked Grok about expired visas. It’s shocking !
“Expired Temporary Resident Permits (Non-Student)
IRCC data shared with media in early 2026 indicates a large wave of expirations:
• Approximately 1.49 million temporary resident permits (primarily work and visitor extensions) expired in 2025.
• Another 1.4 million are set to expire in 2026.
• This brings the two-year total to roughly 2.9 million expirations for these categories (explicitly excluding study permits). 
Of the 2026 expirations, over half (about 55%) were projected to occur by June. After accounting for some transitions to permanent residency (PR), estimates suggest at least 2.1 million people could be left with expired or expiring status in 2026 alone. 
Broader figures that include study permits point to even higher volumes:
• Over 4 million temporary resident permits (study, work, and visitor) were set to expire across 2025–2026 combined. 
• Earlier projections for 2025 alone cited around 4.9 million expiring documents (note: this counts permits/documents rather than unique individuals in all cases). 
These numbers reflect the large temporary resident population built up in prior years, now facing a “permit cliff” amid policy efforts to reduce temporary immigration “
PS. Canadas government agencies do not track expired visa holders to ascertain if they left Canada.