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Ms. Long put it succinctly: “People were already eligible … to be in Canada. I don’t see any reason at all for us to spend any more resources on trying to get them to be requalified for this.”[297] Mr. Holthe told the Committee that “PR applicants trapped outside with expired COPRs … must be landed in 2020.” He added that IRCC should “just issue the travel letters.”[298]
Mr. Ojo recommended that the authorization letter should be automatic, not conditional. He also recommended that IRCC waive the need for new medical exams as well as any other document that may have expired.[299]
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Back then, some people didn't want to understand how illogical was the "but CoPRs expire, that's why IRCC doesn't want to issue more of them and that's why FSW is put on hold" excuse. These witnesses also show how illogical it all really was. And the obvious recommendation is stated in the same article
Issuing the Authorization Letter Automatically
That Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issue authorization letters automatically to foreign nationals who have had their confirmation of permanent residence and permanent resident visas expire during the pandemic period, and that the need to renew expired supporting documents be waived for the duration of the pandemic.
It was as simple as that. Couple that with the mandatory hotel quarantine upon landing that's already in effect, and there you go, continue with Canadian immigration without literally destroying the otherwise flawless system. But yeah, the govt hopelessly needed votes so here we are. The last sentence in the recommendation shows how the pandemic could've been managed to actually help immigrants and protect the immigration system instead of being used as an excuse to turn aged and underqualified temporary residents into permanent residens with political ITAs for more votes.