Again, that system will not work due to a number of reasons. Let's talk about this hypothetical situation, assuming the current cut-off trend is around 470s and I just qualified for Express Entry with a score that will get me an ITA in the next round; however, I can't get it due to the quota system and I would have to wait until 2021 to qualify, this is what would happen: the cut-off score will plummet to below 450 and will probably have small up-downs until the quota resets by the new year. The first few draws after the new year will have insanely high cut-off scores which will again take nose dive after the quotas are fulfilled. Now, 475 in mid-2020 will not be sufficient in early 2021 in this hypothetical situation, meaning candidates with sub-par language skills from other countries will get a chance to immigrate ahead of someone with almost native English speaker level proficiency.
This is my experience (anecdotal), Canadians, in general, oppose high immigration targets only for valid reasons. The valid reasons are lack of English (or French) proficiency, inability to assimilate (living in their own communities), low level of education, older people who are more likely to strain the social welfare system, values (kind of included in assimilation factor), and asylum seekers (not refugees). Express Entry address all these factors except assimilation (hard to predict it) and that's how the Comprehensive Ranking System was established. My English has really made the difference between being employed and under-employed.
I am not gonna jump into the views of the extreme-right as most of their views are questionable and hypocritical. In short, some Canadians think Canada is accepting too many immigrants because of the quality of immigrants they see around them. These are probably the effects of immigration in the last decade or 5 years. A quota system will only increase this anti-immigrant sentiment.
I believe the current system should not be compromised in the name of diversity. The US has a controversial diversity immigration lottery system (something along those lines) and most people are not fond of it. Let's hope Canada does not go down that path.
This makes no sense. Why would the CRS plummet to 450? Are you seriously suggesting that without India, there are not enough high-scoring candidates looking to live in Canada?
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment that Canada may deem a geo cap to be necessary eventually. And if they do, they will implement it, and there's nothing we can do about it. Fairness is one of Canada's values, yes, but that applies to allowing a fair shot for people from all different cultures into the country.
If a particular country has an enormous population and floods the EE pool every year, you may end up with Canada becoming, as one member here put it earlier, a 2.0 version of that foreign country. That might not play well into political stability. And it certainly doesn't play well into the kind of culturally
diverse landscape that Canada prides itself on.
I'm from South Africa, and I would have no problem at all having to wait longer because, hypothetically, there were just too many South Africans already accepted into Canada this year. Fortunately, that's not the case, but if it was, I wouldn't scream about being "marginalized". Their government is allowed to set up the EE system in whichever way they please.
I agree with you,
@Islander216, in that if Canada figures they can still receive those 470+ candidates to meet the quota every year, but can also put caps on countries based on population size, or historical emigration, etc. they may (and should be able to) do that.
Yes, EE is merit-based, but they can still say the highest scoring candidates from Country X can enter, up to 1,000 people, then we cap and move to the next one. That's still merit-based. Not as merit-based as just leaving it all open and allowing whomever scores highest in the pool to enter, but it's still merit-based. Just with a layer of geo capping on top of it.
It wouldn't be racism, it wouldn't be "marginalization", it wouldn't be unfair discrimination. It would be Canada deciding to protect its cultural diversity through tweaking the EE system. I fully understand how this might upset some people, but if I could accept that (and I haven't even received an ITA yet), then others should be able to as well.
The point is, Canada has come as far as it has, and is one of the best nations in the world to live in. Hence, I assume, why we're all in this forum. The government, through IRCC, is going to do whatever they think is best
for Canada, regardless of the opinions of potential immigrants overseas, and I trust that they know what they're doing. They've done more than well enough thus far.
