We don't need stamping to do that. Our entries into the country are electronically recorded. They started collecting exit data since June 2020 only (very recent development) so for any trips we might have taken via a commercial airplane before June 2020, those exits weren't recorded. So any new permanent resident whose eligibility period fall from or after June 2020 will benefit from this.Improving border control, at least around Permanent Residents, would maybe be better than all this. In Europe I get passport stamped on the way in and out.
https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/pia-efvp/atip-aiprp/thr-rav-eng.html
My only regret is that it took so long before CBSA decided to record exits of residents and citizens for commercial air travel. This should have been done decades ago - recording exits means that IRCC wouldn't have to scrutinize applications too much. When they look at the CBSA record of exits and entries, they'll have had a clear idea of when we were in the country and when we were not.
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