Many say the recession will impact immigration to Canada going forward. However, how I see this is that Canada has gone through multiple recessions, SARS, Ebolas, Joblessness, Previous recessions, Natural Calamities, US Twin Tower collapses, the great recession of 2008, and now Corona but this country has never stopped immigration (Economic and Skilled recessions) program. It keeps inviting people.
Now they are not welcoming FSW dudes simply because if they send out an invite, dudes cannot arrange all the necessary documents.
Europe has slowly relaxed lockdown and once all nations (post June probably) follow the same (obviously with safety measures), IRCC may invite FSW dudes
Now, to meet up with the target, they are inviting CEC and PNP dudes which makes the job easier for visa offices to progress.
Mark my words, by mid-June, when Canada and other nations open up their economy, FSW draws will happen
Furthermore, as no IELTS and ECA happening, it is a good sign that score will obviously come down to 455 once FSW draws are rolled
Even if IELTS opens up, they are not gonna run the show with full strength. They are gonna allow only 25 to 30% of the room space to be filled by dudes.
So do not listen to negative perpetrators that recession will stop immigration and all
If you make an in-depth analysis, the majority of Canada is aging faster than before and more businesses are now in Canada than before. So to meet both ends, this immigration will go at full pace.
My friend's brother and almost all of his batch mates immigrated to Canada during 2008, when the recession at the time was even higher than this COVID 19. Apart from the aviation industry, everything else will bounce back to normalcy soon and it will be perfectly logical to invite FSW dudes. Once dudes get invitation, no dude is gonna fly immediately. Will take up to 8 months to get everything sorted and dude will then take few more months to finally pack-up and fly.
So immigration is not stopping or modified in anyways. Period!!
Wait till economies open up world-wide and chances are there mammoth FSW draws could happen too. Just 7k people in the 460 to 470 range and 2k dudes in 470 to 490 range. As IELTS is not gonna happen and even if it does (full accommodation is not possible), incoming dudes will be much much lesser than it used to be.
So relax and all your hard work will be paid-off. Use this idle time to improve your skills that might be in demand. Be positive. We'll rock.
Cheers
FSW dude