New Canadian Immigration Legislation Will Shorten Wait and Backlog
The governments response to the criticism of its negatively perceived new Canadian immigration legislation is that it believes these changes will shorten the wait and backlog. In truth they may be more interested in serving Canadian Business needs by trying to bring qualified business immigrants to Canada more quickly. Most Canadians, if asked would probably […]
New Canadian Immigration Legislation Survives Key Vote
On April 9, 2008, the Conservative government’s new immigration legislation survived a key vote in the Canadian House of Commons, despite an attempt by the New Democrats to block the controversial reforms. Members of Parliament voted against the NDP motion that strove to block the Conservative budget implementation bill, which contains the new legislation to […]
Immigration Minister Comments On Proposed Changes to Canadian Immigration Application Process
Immigration Minister Diane Finley defended her government’s proposed amendments to how the government will select new Canadians during a televised exchange on March 23, 2008. The amendments came as part of the proposed federal budget tabled on March 14, 2008. Critics argue that the changes will give the government unprecedented power over who will be […]
Proposed Changes to Canadian Immigration Application Process
The proposed legislative changes to the way in which skilled worker applications for Canadian immigration are processed should have been enacted to take effect some time after the changes became law. Furthermore, it would have been preferable had the government published the types of applications it intends to fast track in advance of enacting the […]