For decades, Canada won a deserved reputation as a country with a sensible immigration policy that brought in large numbers of workers, entrepreneurs and innovators. Yet Canada’s current immigration policies do not align with the country’s economic reality or popular opinion.

Almost three-quarters of Canadians, according to a Leger survey, think Canada’s system is “too generous.” It’s not just Conservatives who feel that way: a majority of Liberals, and even roughly half of NDP voters, also are opposed to the current system. Three-quarters of Canadians also think immigrants are putting pressure on housing prices and having a negative impact on health care and schools.