The Government of Canada has released its budget for 2013 (“Budget 2013″). Budget 2013 contains several announcements of changes to immigration programs which the Government of Canada will introduce this year, including (my editorial comments in maroon): Providing $42-million in funding to support enhanced program capacity within the Temporary Resident program, and giving the Minister… Continue Reading
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Legislating Away the Immigration Backlog
On March 7, 2012, Jason Kenney delivered a speech to the Economic Club of Canada which has generated considerable attention. He implied that the Government of Canada was considering legislating an end to Canada’s immigration backlog. His statements were: New Zealandlegislated an end to its backlog in 2003 and put in place a system where… Continue Reading
Immigration Non Story of the Day
The media is aflutter with stories about six Citizenship and Immigration Canada bureaucrats attending a citizenship reaffirming ceremony. Frankly, as long as neither of the two people on the left are CIC bureaucrats processing immigration applications, I consider this to be a non-story. … Continue Reading