Canada's immigration landscape has a significantly different look heading into 2017 than it did 12 months previously, with a number of policy improvements taking hold. These changes impact how new permanent residents are selected and how quickly they are processed.
At the end of 2015, the newly-formed federal government was pledging to bring in 25,000 new Syrian refugees by February 2016. This fulfilled election promise, dominated discussion during the first few months of the year. It also delayed the planned changes to economic, family class and temporary foreign worker immigration.
Advancements on other fronts have been slow. As 2016 draws to a close, some of those changes have been implemented, and many remain unfulfilled. It was not until December 2016 did we see the latest significant change – to the application process for parent and grandparent sponsorship. IRCC has clearly been stretched to capacity in a year spent fighting on many different fronts as it tries to correct an immigration system that had lost direction or pursued harsh policies under the former government of Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
Under Justin Trudeau, the former government's policies appear to have been replaced with a more humanitarian approach to policy-making. As well there is a clear direction towards new policies that will positively impact many aspects of economic immigration to Canada.
In this article, immigration.ca reviews the important changes made in 2016 that will impact how Canada selects new permanent residents in the coming months and years.
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