Lol. You are missing the point. Immigration in Canada serves many purposes; economic recovery is just one of those. There's the part where they have to bring people in because of the low birth-rate, I believe that's the intrinsic values of the TR to PR and the CRS 75 draws. If they are really serious about filling labour shortages with immigration, they're talking straight up FSW. You can't fill shortages with people already in Canada. Maybe a little with graduate students eventually joining the workforce but not enough to fill the massive shortages. Without labour in full force, their taxation schemes will take serious beatings. Cancellation of FSW is not a viable option for them right about now - for the sake of now, and the future.