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Backlog of skilled immigrant applications gone by end of 2013
Published on Friday November 02, 2012
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The Canadian Press
The Harper government says a backlog of skilled immigrant applications, which has clogged the system for years, is declining rapidly and will be eliminated by the end of next year.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says about 100,000 applications are still in the system, compared with 640,000 just a few years ago.
He told a news conference the eradication of the waiting list means a new immigrant labour pool from which employers and provinces can choose will be established ahead of schedule.
The backlog was culled by a measure in last spring's contentious omnibus bill, which threw out 280,000 applications filed prior to 2008, a controversial move that saw the federal government refund $130 million in application fees.
Without flushing the system, it was estimated the backlog wouldn't be cleared until 2017, but the decision is being challenged in court by lawyers who plan to launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of people whose applications were wiped out.
Kenney says by the end of next year, the government will be able to process skilled immigrant applications within a year, rather than eight years, which had become the norm.
He says the reforms are “finally unshackling Canada from the outrageous backlogs and wait times of the past” and will bring people who are likely to find and keep good jobs into the country.
“The system had become totally dysfunctional. It was broken, and it was getting worse,” Kenney said. “Strong action was necessary.”
The Conservatives in 2008 imposed limits on the number of skilled immigrant applications they would accept and with that action alone, Kenney says, the backlog was sliced in half.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1281967--backlog-of-skilled-immigrant-applications-gone-by-end-of-2013
IT SEEMS THAT REST MI3 WILL BE HANDLED FOR NEXT YEAR/RIGHT? WHAT DO U THINK BROTHERS?