QUESTION PERIOD — Privy Council Office
Young Canadians
April 14, 2026
Senator Moreau, a record 120,000 Canadians left this country for greener pastures in 2025. We’re losing young, ambitious Canadians at an alarming rate. Of those Canadians, 55% are mid-career professionals in their peak earning years, with the data showing that doctors, engineers and scientists are leaving at double the rate of low-skilled workers.
Why do you think so many skilled Canadians are abandoning this country?
The government is committed to all Canadians, including young people specifically. We’re investing in housing to make sure they can get affordable housing. We’re working on job creation to keep those young people here in Canada and invest in our future.
There’s a very strong commitment by the government in the last federal budget, and we will continue to work with young Canadians — all Canadians, but specifically young Canadians — to make sure that our future is safe and sound with them.
I’m sure that comforts Canadians living in Galveston, Texas. Emigration from Canada has doubled under a decade of Liberal policies. Also, over the last decade, Canada has dropped from one of the world’s happiest countries to twenty-fifth in the world. Only Malawi, with a poverty rate of over 70%, and Afghanistan have registered a bigger decline. Alarmingly, Canadians under 25 ranked seventy-first. Why are young Canadians so unhappy with life in Canada after a decade of this government?
My understanding is that young Canadians are not unhappy living here. I’m sure you have this in your own province: Every day there is testimony of young Canadians who are proud to be here. When they see what is happening everywhere around the world, all Canadians, including young Canadians, are quite happy with our country.
