"During his 2012 Budget Speech, Canada’s Minister of Finance announced that, in an effort to deal with the backlog of pending Federal Skilled Worker ("FSW") cases, the Government would enact legislation to cancel all applications filed prior to February 27, 2008. This is proposed legislation only, but if passed it will be retroactive to March 29, 2012.
Under the proposed legislation, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") will close the files of FSW applicants who applied before February 27, 2008, and who have not had a decision on their file made by an immigration officer by March 29, 2012. This proposed legislation is expected to affect about 280,000 applicants, including their dependents."
Holy f*ck, so after having them waiting for +4 years they just cancelled their applications?