India, Oct. 17 -- After nearly three years of the Canadian Government restricting immigration into the country, it may be considering a change of direction by increasing intake when the official policy is announced next month.

That was indicated by Canada's minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, Lena Metlege Diab, during a media interaction in the town of Kitchener in Ontario on Friday. She

"We also recognise that we need people from outside the country to come fill gaps that we cannot fill for the next decade or so. So stay tuned to our next immigration level plan," Diab said.

She referred to Prime Minister Mark Carney's growth agenda for Canada in this context.

"As the Prime Minister said, we want to have our economy be ...