Citizenship and Immigration committee  Money—it boils down to money. It's not an exciting immigration selection category in the first place. You're either related to the parent and grandparent or you're not. Still, if we were to allow zero income as a threshold, I don't know how many applications we could expect to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is an appeal to the appeal division of the Immigration and Refugee Board when the minimum income threshold fails as a test. There's that, but it takes a long time. It may be an idea to have a second set of eyes, another decision-maker, to look at cases where temporary stat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, try as we might… In December 2021, I believe the Prime Minister instructed the minister to take it easy and let a married couple into Canada without a hitch, for example, instead of putting the application for temporary status on hold while the permanent residence applicat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a very practical solution. The super visa is not mandatory. People can apply to come to Canada with temporary status for a limited time. Who says they have to apply to come to Canada for 12 months or two years? They can choose to come for a few weeks, a month or two mon

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That contradiction is provided for in the legislation. It's the doctrine of dual intent. One can simultaneously intend to stay as a permanent resident and intend to stay with temporary status. Officially, it's a huge contradiction, but that's how our system works.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I think we can adopt a proven enforcement device that's used for designated educational learning institutions. We create an authorized list, a prescribed list, if you will, that specifically names an authorized insurance product or company. That way we can monitor and contro

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. It's a good bill. The five-year duration is excellent. The insurance aspect is a red flag. We may want to scrutinize Canada's international obligations to ensure the free flow of goods and services, so we may not be able to limit or restrict the selection

Industry committee  A COVID lesson is that we can do this. We had a minister who made the executive decision to engage mass extensions of status sent by email to particular individuals. That's the way to do it. Why not do it? It's enforcement, the danger of someone committing a bad act in Canada a

Industry committee  Barriers are local, like politics. It is possible, based on particular occupations, to have a skill set that is regulated in the home country of the applicant that will be accepted in Canada. Some things require local expertise. Most things do not, such as carpentry, electricians

Industry committee  In a shorter time frame, it is possible to cookie-cut successful temporary status programs that have been rolled out in our overseas operations. For example, there are streams of “preferred” students attending educational institutions in Canada that are gold class. When we know t

Industry committee  Yes, you are absolutely right. You know, I've been following this for over three decades. Quebec has been a leader, if not the leader, in successful implementation and creation of immigration policy that benefits not just the Quebec region but also the neighbouring regions via s

Industry committee  Thank you.

Industry committee  There is no doubt that there is variation in unemployment rates based on those characteristics. That exists all across the country, but not in the same measures. In British Columbia, for example, where we have the highest rate of foreign-born in the B.C. population compared with

Industry committee  First, we found $40 million that the immigration department has taken from small and medium-sized businesses. As you know, it costs $230 to make an offer of employment to a foreign worker. There's a little problem, however. Internal department financial records admit there's a co

Industry committee  Yes, you are right. The real problem lies in political will in Ottawa. Someone should at least recognize the basic problem and allocate the resources needed to issue permits to the people who need them. It's just like we've heard from the restaurants and other witnesses. The t