It's at least progress that the minister is talking about the backlog as a real problem and committing to deal with it.
I think it's too early to know what the eventual timeline will be, but at least they have mentioned even indirectly through the memo that there won't be all program draws for a while. At least you know where you stand in the short term even if it's not good news.
It's also good that he made a point to reinforce the notion that people from all streams should be given equal treatment, i watched the stream afterwards and he sort of brought it up to elucidate his position on that.
That at least bodes well for future draws whenever they commence.
Yes, this is what I'm saying. FSW draws will happen when (if) they happen. There's no indication of when this will be. People spitting out silly timelines because "hopeful" is dumb.
And regarding equal treatment, I don't think what you say is accurate. They have iterated many many times that they are looking to introduce new pathways for people already in Canada. "Use Canadian education/experience as a springboard for permanent residency" as they put it. I'm completely in favor of this btw. I just want clarity for other streams in the meantime.
This idea that there is equal treatment between streams is entirely false. They give CEC and TRs a free PR (which is still not enough, these entitled babies keep crying for more), and throwing FSWs a crumb after 2 years is not equal treatment.
