I know the government was in the process of generating a program that’d fast track certain refugees and temporary foreign workers Pr applications because they worked in healthcare and in demand sector during the lockdown.There was a pilot program they only opened few days ago to fast track temporary resident’s Pr applications.So,they may just be calling failed/refugees to get info since they don’t want to give automatic Pr to everyone.
We're still not sure whether the healthcare program will go ahead because many of the PSWs would not have qualified for asylum. It is a much more complex issue because lots of asylum seekers were front line workers not all PSW. The refugee groups picketed and proposed a potential program for automatic PR for PSWs in Quebec through the media. The Quebec government was against creating the program and Trudeau said something like we have an asylum program for a reason so all asylum seekers are treated equally. After more pushback they seem to have something in the works but it is unclear what it is. It could lead to so many potential lawsuits from other asylum seekers. It is a much more complex issue than it seems and also sets a precendent for any other potential big event.
There was talk of creating fast processing of those arriving at Roxham road due to the theory that many would not qualify for asylum so you would would want to reject those who didn't qualify for asylum as soon as possible but that never happened. What did happen was expedited processing and even in some cases approval without interview of asylum seekers from countries where the approval rate has been historically very high.
Not heard of any new H&C programs except being less rigid about the order of steps. I'm sure you'll let everyone know if you have more concrete details.
I know they are fast-tracking PRs and temporary work visas for sectors in immediate need of workers. Don't think that is related to H&C.