To be honest, when I contacted our MP last year of March, I was only looking for a favorable result for my particular case. But after almost a year of no movement in the file, it just goes to show that there really is something wrong with how they are not prioritizing caregivers the way they prioritize other applications.
If there would be no complaints, then I believe that this would just carry on. But if there are more people, especially MPs who would try to contact Mendicino, then they might start to think that they should really do something about it.
If you come to think of it, the money that was spent by applicants is not a joke. And what about those applicants who were left by their original employers since they couldn't wait for them anymore because of the time that is taking for them to get here. Employers not willing to wait is totally understandable because the processing time is becoming unacceptable at this point.
I know it's COVID but if they can process other applications during this pandemic, why cannot they do the same for the caregivers? They are needed in this country. Mendicino acknowledged that himself yesterday in an interview with a consultant, saying that they are the backbone of Canadian working families. If that is the case, they better get their act together.