Hello fellow members. Here is my two cents, Instead of Ray of Hope, I’m gonna spill some Ray of Truth. First of all, the suspension of FSW is not just because of the border closure, but in fact it is tied with the Economy/ Job market. Imagine this scenario, even if you get an ITA now, it’s gonna take at least 6-8 months for a decision about your application hence we can toss out the border closure/travelling to Canada topic.
A lot of the Canadians are either out of job/receiving CERB till August which means they have to make sure their Economy/Market is stable for both current residents and upcoming ones. I read recently the Conservatives are pushing against immigration programs at least up until the current situation pan out. Liberals don’t want accept newcomers to Canada especially, their own people are out of employment as it could cause outrage from both citizens and opposing government parties. Even though, people bring their own settlement fund with them the government has to make sure they are landing on a stable and healthy economy/market for the sake of everybody’s well being. As for CEC candidates, at least most of them are pretty much trapped in their economy hence they want to priorities them instead on scrapping the entire immigration program all together so they can uphold their promise for the yearly immigration intake.
On the bright side, Canada is still conducting immigration program as opposed to their neighbour in south side (USA) which put on hold for their Green card applications entirely. At the moment Canada has a thing of two to tackle ie, the current pandemic and an imminent recession/ depression and I believe government’s gonna stress on these things rather than concentrating on immigration programs.
I know this is indeed a frustrating time as we are all in the same cycle of disenchantment and have number of reasons to worry about our Canadian dream. Nevertheless, our ray of hope and government’s future plan are two different categories. Finally, I wanna to see each and everybody here and everywhere around the world to get their desired ITA accordingly though we can all hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
P.S. This opinion is purely personal and not meant to hurt or offend any dreamers on this forum.