The 80k is not out of the express entry pool. That is out of the 341K total immigrants in 2019. Please check the current ethnic distribution of the country and come to conclusions. The total population of Canada is currently close to 38million. And the ethnic group you are mentioning is only close to 4%. So even with zero immigrants from other countries and if this trend of 80K were to continue for the next 10 years which is highly unlikely it would not hurt the demographics to the level of political influence you are suggesting. Please stop worrying too much.
Even if it's out of 341k, it's a large percentage of incoming immigrants. We don't have the 2019 end of year report for express entry, but for 2018 the number of admissions for Indian nationals was 39,677, so it's clear the vast majority were admitted through EE. I highly doubt there will be big discrepancy between that trend for the 80k accepted overall and the 90k total through EE for 2019 as well.
It's not about ethnicity, it's about the demographic impact of having an influx of people from one particular country to this extent and its cultural, social and political impact.
Most of all, the biggest political concern would be that they will end up becoming a powerful voting block in Canadian society.
The point
@indianstudent96 is trying to make is not to underestimate and say that there are no competitive candidates from other countries. There is nothing stopping any high scoring individual from entering into the pool.
Please see how the IRCC score is affected by the number of people in the pool with high scores. If the IRCC wants the top 3500 candidates in the pool and there are only 1000 people above 475 wont it look for the remaining 2500 required people from below 470 causing the score to come down to 460 or even 450 hypothetically?
**nothing against applicants with 450's or 460's.**
It all depends on the composition of the pool at the time, and so it's very difficult to say with certainty what the cut off will be if you remove people of one nationality at a given time. Given that cut-off scores are already in the 470s, i.e. the lowest score accepted for a given round of invitation, it also means not everyone at that score is being invited. So i doubt it plummets over 20 points.
Again EE is not the only stream of immigration to Canada. Please check your facts. that's only 85k out of 341k.
And the sentiment you are mentioning is not targetted towards any particular ethnic group as you seem to say. It is towards the entire immirgration. So if that were the case maybe the immigration levels should be reduced and not cap a particular group of people immigrating
I never said it was the only stream of immigration, but i've also provided the figures for 2018 which show how almost all are admitted through EE. It's pretty obvious most of them have probably qualified through EE for 2019 as well.
I don't think the immigration level is an issue, Canada needs immigrants, and the truth is 90k through EE is a relatively small number of people, that the majority of skilled immigrants are competing for. I just think then when people from one country dominate the numbers as has been the case, i think segments of Canadian society are going to start saying we need to balance the numbers so that we have greater diversity among PRs admitted.
Again, this has nothing to do with bias against any one country, this would be the case for anyone's country of origin if they were in the same position.
The Liberals' minority government is unlikely to last a full 4 year term, and the Conservatives are known to innovative when it comes to immigration. Express entry was their brainchild.
Implementing quotas would be a small step in comparison.
Anyhow, this is all speculative, as of now everyone is on equal footing and that's what people should concentrate on. I also think this trend may well self-correct if Trump loses the presidential election, and more people on H1B visas remain in the U.S and apply for green cards. Most of those people would prefer to stay in the U.S as well.
And it will help balance the pool, we won't have a ridiculous amount of people in the 451 to 500 category like there is now.