Canada immigration news: Canada has laid out policy priorities for Immigration Minister Sean Fraser as part of a new round of mandate letters from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the recent Liberal election victory.
Trudeau’s letter, published on Thursday, calls for action on economic immigration, temporary workers, processing times, family reunification, citizenship, francophone immigration and refugees.
The broad main statement of the letter called on Fraser to ‘prioritize ongoing work to strengthen Canada’s immigration and refugee system, including bringing in more newcomers to all regions of Canada who will support Canada’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
It goes on to urge action to help Afghans and human rights defenders, also requesting that Fraser “continue to strengthen family reunification and reduce application processing times, especially those impacted by COVID-19.”
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Here are the highlights of the mandate letter:
On economic immigration:
On temporary workers:
On processing times:
On family reunification:
On citizenship:
On francophone immigration:
On refugees:
Fraser is expected to present his first Immigration Levels Plan to parliament in February 2022.
He has already said he has no problem with increasing immigration further, if there is support to do so from Canadians and businesses.
The current plan, presented by pervious Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino in October 2020, calls for 401,000 new permanent residents this year, 411,000 in 2022 and 421,000 in 2023.
Ottawa is on target to hit the 2021 target, having welcomed 313,880 newcomers up to October.
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