The FSW ITAs issued in 2022 will most probably make numbers to meet the 2023 target.
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but ircc may be planning to do more inland draws like 2021 as stated in the mandate letters. i guess it'll be for cec and integrating tr2pr to express entry. so all program draws may not be conducted in the near future.
simply stated my guess since everyone is responding to the analysis
Federal documents warn of sweeping implications if ‘digital loonie’ adopted
Internal government documents show Finance Department officials believe there could be sweeping implications for the economy if the Bank of Canada ever issued its own cryptocurrency.
The Bank of Canada has spent years looking at whether to introduce a digital currency, but so far hasn’t seen an immediate need to issue one.
In one briefing note from last January, officials warned Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that the issuance of a central bank digital currency would entail “wide-reaching implications for the economy, the financial system” and the Bank of Canada’s operations.
The documents also show the central bank held a series of meetings with federal officials over the course of 2020 to gauge the implications of a “digital loonie” on departments and agencies.
Large swaths of the documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the access-to-information law have been blacked out because the department says they contain sensitive government information.
But what remains suggests some federal concerns about a central bank digital currency, with departments wanting to provide more input before a decision is made.
The Bank of Canada has upped the pace of its work on a digital currency, mirroring efforts by counterparts in other countries as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the transition to a digital economy.
The bank only plans to issue a digital currency if the use of physical bills for transactions plummets and one or more private cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, become widely used in Canada.
The government and central bank have paid more attention to planned stablecoins whose value is less volatile, as the name implies, and are backed by cash and government securities.
The use in Canada of private cryptocurrencies tied to the American dollar would strain the Bank of Canada’s ability to manage monetary policy for the benefit of the country, said Jeremy Kronick, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute.
He said the bank needs to incentivize private cryptocurrencies to use the Canadian dollar as a backing.
“The government could quash this thing in a second. The government could just say, ‘forget it, you can’t transact in Canada,”’ said Kronick, who recently co-authored a paper about the merits of a Bank of Canada digital currency.
“I don’t think they want to because there are benefits to the private cryptos that people like, but we want to also maintain that public good function. To do that, I think the (central bank digital currency) is the way to go.”
Research by the central bank suggests the probability of people using Bitcoin is tied to its prevalence — the more people who adopt it, the more likely others will follow suit — as well as how optimistic users feel about Bitcoin’s future.
The paper published in November noted that Bitcoin adoption in Canada remains low at around five per cent. The authors suggest young Canadians may be more likely to use Bitcoin because it is easier for them to purchase the digital currency than to open a formal bank account.
The Bank of Canada doesn’t have the legislative authority from Parliament to offer a digital currency, only to design, issue and distribute the bills stuffed inside wallets and handed over a counter.
The Finance Department has looked at legislation linked to a central bank digital currency of CBDC, although one March email noted that no other countries had “deliberately amended legislation” to allow one.
The email noted that even in Sweden, “widely considered to be at the forefront of the movement towards CBDC among advanced economies,” the government is expecting a report late next year on whether the central bank should have the power to issue a digital currency.
How fast Canadian officials move is likely to depend on how quickly major stablecoins roll out, Kronick said. He pointed to Facebook’s planned stablecoin in particular because it would be easily adopted by the social media giant’s users.
“I would like them to get ahead of it, but governments are notoriously slower-moving until they have to,” Kronick said.
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Internal government documents show Finance Department officials believe there could be sweeping implications for the economy if the Bank of Canada ever issued its own cryptocurrency.
The Bank of Canada has spent years looking at whether to introduce a digital currency, but so far hasn’t seen an immediate need to issue one.
In one briefing note from last January, officials warned Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that the issuance of a central bank digital currency would entail “wide-reaching implications for the economy, the financial system” and the Bank of Canada’s operations.
The documents also show the central bank held a series of meetings with federal officials over the course of 2020 to gauge the implications of a “digital loonie” on departments and agencies.
Large swaths of the documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the access-to-information law have been blacked out because the department says they contain sensitive government information.
But what remains suggests some federal concerns about a central bank digital currency, with departments wanting to provide more input before a decision is made.
The Bank of Canada has upped the pace of its work on a digital currency, mirroring efforts by counterparts in other countries as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the transition to a digital economy.
The bank only plans to issue a digital currency if the use of physical bills for transactions plummets and one or more private cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, become widely used in Canada.
The government and central bank have paid more attention to planned stablecoins whose value is less volatile, as the name implies, and are backed by cash and government securities.
The use in Canada of private cryptocurrencies tied to the American dollar would strain the Bank of Canada’s ability to manage monetary policy for the benefit of the country, said Jeremy Kronick, associate director of research at the C.D. Howe Institute.
He said the bank needs to incentivize private cryptocurrencies to use the Canadian dollar as a backing.
“The government could quash this thing in a second. The government could just say, ‘forget it, you can’t transact in Canada,”’ said Kronick, who recently co-authored a paper about the merits of a Bank of Canada digital currency.
“I don’t think they want to because there are benefits to the private cryptos that people like, but we want to also maintain that public good function. To do that, I think the (central bank digital currency) is the way to go.”
Research by the central bank suggests the probability of people using Bitcoin is tied to its prevalence — the more people who adopt it, the more likely others will follow suit — as well as how optimistic users feel about Bitcoin’s future.
The paper published in November noted that Bitcoin adoption in Canada remains low at around five per cent. The authors suggest young Canadians may be more likely to use Bitcoin because it is easier for them to purchase the digital currency than to open a formal bank account.
The Bank of Canada doesn’t have the legislative authority from Parliament to offer a digital currency, only to design, issue and distribute the bills stuffed inside wallets and handed over a counter.
The Finance Department has looked at legislation linked to a central bank digital currency of CBDC, although one March email noted that no other countries had “deliberately amended legislation” to allow one.
The email noted that even in Sweden, “widely considered to be at the forefront of the movement towards CBDC among advanced economies,” the government is expecting a report late next year on whether the central bank should have the power to issue a digital currency.
How fast Canadian officials move is likely to depend on how quickly major stablecoins roll out, Kronick said. He pointed to Facebook’s planned stablecoin in particular because it would be easily adopted by the social media giant’s users.
“I would like them to get ahead of it, but governments are notoriously slower-moving until they have to,” Kronick said.
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LOL. An IT-illiterate country like Canada to even consider creating cryptocurrency? We're looking at a disaster waiting to happen. This joke needs no further explanation for those who have a Canadian bank account and have worked with Canadian banks.
Yes you are right, I meant to say 25k is accorded to Express Entry. My bad!
One ITA can be 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 applications completed depending on the family members.
25,000 applications can be maybe about 10,000 ITAs completed and that is monthly since October.
Please don't bring CICnews into this.
Fortunately enough, Canada has an open data portal that I can extract the information and interpreted myself.
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Just had a word today with my lawyer: There is no need to inform IRCC about any medical condition of a dependent who is a citizen. A Citizen is neither an Immigrant nor a Refugee so he cannot come under purview of IRPA or IRPR.
Just had a word today with my lawyer: There is no need to inform IRCC about any medical condition of a dependent who is a citizen. A Citizen is neither an Immigrant nor a Refugee so he cannot come under purview of IRPA or IRPR.
Erin O’Toole urges Canadians to accommodate the unvaccinated so they don’t feel excluded from the society they’re trying to destroy
OTTAWA – As yet another wave of COVID overwhelms hospitals and Canada’s ICUs fill with unvaccinated patients, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is adamant that the large majority of Canadians who are are vaccinated do everything in their power to make life easier for the willfully unvaccinated minority.
“We must make reasonable accommodation for those who refuse to get vaccinated,” O’Toole said today in a press conference about Canada’s response to the latest COVID surge. “Shaming them is not the way. The last thing we want is for the unvaccinated to feel bad about their choices. I would rather 1000 overworked nurses quit because they can’t handle another 16-hour ICU shift caring for angry, dying anti-vaxxers than a single anti-vaxxer be shamed for their decision.”
“Justin Trudeau divisively calling out the ten to fifteen percent of our population who is willfully unvaccinated and using up the vast majority of our critical health care resources is not leadership. Just because these people are making life demonstrably worse for everybody by lowering everyone’s chances of surviving a major health crisis is no reason to attack them verbally.”
O’Toole has consistently opposed most vaccine mandates, instead insisting that gentle encouragement and overt coddling will eventually win over the people who haven’t yet been convinced to get vaccinated despite COVID causing over thirty thousand deaths in Canada alone.
“The way to address vaccine hesitancy is not to force people to choose to be vaccinated or lose their jobs, that will only result in division… in addition to the uptick in vaccinations that always follow employer mandates. But no one wants to be divided from the unvaccinated. Despite the fact that they are far more likely to spread the most deadly COVID variants, we should embrace them. Physically, if necessary.”
O’Toole concluded the press conference by urging every vaccinated Canadian to sit down and have a long, heartfelt conversation with an unvaccinated acquaintance, regardless of whether or not they’re willing to wear a mask.
OTTAWA – As yet another wave of COVID overwhelms hospitals and Canada’s ICUs fill with unvaccinated patients, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is adamant that the large majority of Canadians who are are vaccinated do everything in their power to make life easier for the willfully unvaccinated minority.
“We must make reasonable accommodation for those who refuse to get vaccinated,” O’Toole said today in a press conference about Canada’s response to the latest COVID surge. “Shaming them is not the way. The last thing we want is for the unvaccinated to feel bad about their choices. I would rather 1000 overworked nurses quit because they can’t handle another 16-hour ICU shift caring for angry, dying anti-vaxxers than a single anti-vaxxer be shamed for their decision.”
“Justin Trudeau divisively calling out the ten to fifteen percent of our population who is willfully unvaccinated and using up the vast majority of our critical health care resources is not leadership. Just because these people are making life demonstrably worse for everybody by lowering everyone’s chances of surviving a major health crisis is no reason to attack them verbally.”
O’Toole has consistently opposed most vaccine mandates, instead insisting that gentle encouragement and overt coddling will eventually win over the people who haven’t yet been convinced to get vaccinated despite COVID causing over thirty thousand deaths in Canada alone.
“The way to address vaccine hesitancy is not to force people to choose to be vaccinated or lose their jobs, that will only result in division… in addition to the uptick in vaccinations that always follow employer mandates. But no one wants to be divided from the unvaccinated. Despite the fact that they are far more likely to spread the most deadly COVID variants, we should embrace them. Physically, if necessary.”
O’Toole concluded the press conference by urging every vaccinated Canadian to sit down and have a long, heartfelt conversation with an unvaccinated acquaintance, regardless of whether or not they’re willing to wear a mask.
WARMINGTON: Opposition shockingly silent on PM's hatred of unvaccinated Canadians
This should scare those in this unfairly outcast group who are being scapegoated
It’s not just that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about a group of fellow Canadians with such gross malevolence that was shocking.
He’s done this before and makes no secret of his disdain for the unvaccinated.
What was equally as shocking is opposition leaders didn’t call him out on it. This should scare those in this unfairly outcast group who feel they are being phased out as employees, citizens and people free to go into public places.
Now they are being scapegoated.
“When people are seeing cancer treatments and elective surgeries put off because beds are filled with people who chose not to get vaccinated, they’re frustrated,” said Trudeau. “When people see that we are in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because of the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry.”
You add those divisive comments to a clip from September that surfaced over the holidays in which Trudeau in French smeared the unvaccinated and it’s no wonder they fear how bad things could get for them.
“They are extremists who don’t believe in science, they’re often misogynists, also often racists,” said Trudeau. “It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice in terms of leaders, in terms of the country. Do we tolerate these people?”
He has to tolerate them. All people are equal. There is no law that requires anyone to be forced to take a medical treatment. There are hate speech laws to protect marginalized Canadians.
Trudeau has led a segregationist movement on the unvaccinated by making true an election promise to keep them from riding with the vaccinated on “planes” and “trains.” The notion that the unvaccinated are responsible for increased spread of the Omicron variant has not been scientifically proven.
There is nothing normal about any leader treating fellow citizens this way.
History has frowned upon eras when the majority gangs up on a minority. Whether it’s wearing blackface or firing female colleagues in cabinet or various scandals involving business and charity, Trudeau skates on most things and, likely, will on this as well.
But it’s still wrong.
Just as wrong is the elected opposition giving him a pass. For some reason, Conservatives Leader Erin O’Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have been silent. Only Conservative MP for Haldimand Norfolk Leslyn Lewis challenged Trudeau in his recent creepy messaging on the unvaccinated.
“It seems that the PM’s motto, ‘diversity is our strength’ only applies to those who are diverse in the ways he supports,” Lewis tweeted. “Instead of his hateful and divisive language toward fellow Canadians, he should treat others with dignity and respect and work to heal and unite our country.”
The prime minister has a long way to heal the rifts that the unvaccinated feel he has introduced into the Canadian narrative. The only way Trudeau will walk back his concerning comments is if opposition leaders hold him accountable.
Their silence is as alarming as Trudeau’s disturbing tirades.
This should scare those in this unfairly outcast group who are being scapegoated
It’s not just that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about a group of fellow Canadians with such gross malevolence that was shocking.
He’s done this before and makes no secret of his disdain for the unvaccinated.
What was equally as shocking is opposition leaders didn’t call him out on it. This should scare those in this unfairly outcast group who feel they are being phased out as employees, citizens and people free to go into public places.
Now they are being scapegoated.
“When people are seeing cancer treatments and elective surgeries put off because beds are filled with people who chose not to get vaccinated, they’re frustrated,” said Trudeau. “When people see that we are in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because of the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry.”
You add those divisive comments to a clip from September that surfaced over the holidays in which Trudeau in French smeared the unvaccinated and it’s no wonder they fear how bad things could get for them.
“They are extremists who don’t believe in science, they’re often misogynists, also often racists,” said Trudeau. “It’s a small group that muscles in, and we have to make a choice in terms of leaders, in terms of the country. Do we tolerate these people?”
He has to tolerate them. All people are equal. There is no law that requires anyone to be forced to take a medical treatment. There are hate speech laws to protect marginalized Canadians.
Trudeau has led a segregationist movement on the unvaccinated by making true an election promise to keep them from riding with the vaccinated on “planes” and “trains.” The notion that the unvaccinated are responsible for increased spread of the Omicron variant has not been scientifically proven.
There is nothing normal about any leader treating fellow citizens this way.
History has frowned upon eras when the majority gangs up on a minority. Whether it’s wearing blackface or firing female colleagues in cabinet or various scandals involving business and charity, Trudeau skates on most things and, likely, will on this as well.
But it’s still wrong.
Just as wrong is the elected opposition giving him a pass. For some reason, Conservatives Leader Erin O’Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have been silent. Only Conservative MP for Haldimand Norfolk Leslyn Lewis challenged Trudeau in his recent creepy messaging on the unvaccinated.
“It seems that the PM’s motto, ‘diversity is our strength’ only applies to those who are diverse in the ways he supports,” Lewis tweeted. “Instead of his hateful and divisive language toward fellow Canadians, he should treat others with dignity and respect and work to heal and unite our country.”
The prime minister has a long way to heal the rifts that the unvaccinated feel he has introduced into the Canadian narrative. The only way Trudeau will walk back his concerning comments is if opposition leaders hold him accountable.
Their silence is as alarming as Trudeau’s disturbing tirades.
They plan on resuming draws when they can finalize in 6 months post AOR. That gives a leeway of like seven months from ITA. So only draws until like may would go to this year. So they may estimate draw numbers from that. So on that note, if they resume draws mid February like I guess they would, that means they will be like 3,5 months from mid feb to end of may, allowing for 7-8 draws. So if they have around 31k PRs for express entry, that allows for around 3900 people per draw(don’t know how much that would be for cases) I’m guessing they could hold 3k non PNP draws until end of may.
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Hello ! It's finally our turn to share good news, we received the RFV mail today !!!!
Thank you Lord for guiding us through this path, our journey to Canada PR started 5 yrs ago, it took us continuous faith to get here.
Thank you to all of you for sharing your stories, application & Canada related news with us, the memes and jokes; you certainly helped with this wait.
Here are our details if they can help :
FSW-O AOR 03Oct20
COR Mauritius
Pretoria Office
MEP : 24Nov20, automatic extended 19Nov21
29Dec21 - emailed query as to country where studies were actually done, replied same day
06Jan22 - ADR received for an updated POF, provided same day
07Jan22 - RFV email received
Noted multiple ghosts updates from 29/12 to yesterday.
In between, I did send some webforms requesting updates, only got feedback - file to be reviewed by an officer when it wasn't the Covid excuse.
Don't loose hope, your time will come
Thank you Lord for guiding us through this path, our journey to Canada PR started 5 yrs ago, it took us continuous faith to get here.
Thank you to all of you for sharing your stories, application & Canada related news with us, the memes and jokes; you certainly helped with this wait.
Here are our details if they can help :
FSW-O AOR 03Oct20
COR Mauritius
Pretoria Office
MEP : 24Nov20, automatic extended 19Nov21
29Dec21 - emailed query as to country where studies were actually done, replied same day
06Jan22 - ADR received for an updated POF, provided same day
07Jan22 - RFV email received
Noted multiple ghosts updates from 29/12 to yesterday.
In between, I did send some webforms requesting updates, only got feedback - file to be reviewed by an officer when it wasn't the Covid excuse.
Don't loose hope, your time will come
from Immitracker,
FSW Outland NOC- 1112
Nationality- India
COR- India
AOR- 16 February 2020
Medical Passed- 26 February 2021
PPR - 1 January 2022
FSW Outland NOC- 1112
Nationality- India
COR- India
AOR- 16 February 2020
Medical Passed- 26 February 2021
PPR - 1 January 2022
1st of January ?
I wish that IRCC officer will be my officer when the time comes. He wont let my application pass by.
Was so drunk he sent out a PPR late night