What Happens to the almost Two-Million People Living in Canada This Year? Across Canada, employers, settlement agencies, community leaders, and families are navigating mounting uncertainty as attention turns to the more than 1.8 million people currently living here on temporary resident status, many of whom will see their permits expire this year. From my work with workers and employers in communities from the prairies to the Atlantic coast, I see how the public conversation often skips over the most practical questions. Not whether the number feels large, but what actually happens when status expires. What happens if people cannot renew, if pathways narrow, or if they are unable to transition to longer-term status? And what happens if they do not,...