That article is 7 months' old and reflects data from the pandemic when the population temporarily declined for the first time in living memory. It has already reversed and growing again. What manipulated immigration policies? We have one of the most conservative immigration programs in the developed world. It priorities skills. We had the lowest immigration in decades during COVID and house prices still rose. Quebec manipulates immigration because they control who enters their province. We don't, and so all the people coming here choos Toronto. Ontario even offers pay bumps to employes to move to other parts of the Province because they can't compete with what Toronto offer