Ideas to improve the system of immigration in Canada

 

The upcoming federal election in Canada in September provides a chance to consider the future of the system of immigration in Canada.

Political parties are presently campaigning across Canada, putting forth their ideas for how Canada should be run. The country's future administration will be given a four-year mandate to rule.

In the next four years and beyond, immigration will be one of the most pressing national issues. The importance of immigration to Canada's economic growth is growing.

Immigration is the country's main source of population and labour force expansion and a contributor to its economic growth. Canada's reliance on immigration is exacerbated by its ageing population and low birth rate.

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An elderly population is more expensive to care for because they rely on important government-funded services like health care. Furthermore, older individuals spend less than younger people, resulting in decreased economic activity. The birth rate in Canada is insufficient to replace the population and retiring workers, implying that younger Canadians will face a higher tax burden and an economic burden in terms of generating economic activity through labour market participation and personal spending on goods and services.

Although immigration in Canada may not cure all of these problems, it does assist in relieving the economic and budgetary strains imposed by Canada's demographic reality.

The Canadian government acknowledges this, which is why immigrant arrivals are on the rise. Canada's Immigration Levels Plan, which runs from 2021 to 2023, aims to accept at least 401,000 new immigrants each year, making it the country's most ambitious plan yet. Canada has only received such a high number of immigrants once before, in 1913.

With immigration about to become a more prominent subject, now is a fantastic time to figure out how Canada can enhance what is currently perhaps the world's greatest immigration system. Canada must solve certain pressing COVID-related immigration difficulties. Other concerns are not the urgent priority but are still relevant and deserving of investigation.

Candidates for the FSWP are invited to apply:

The Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) has been the principal mechanism by which Canada has welcomed economic migrants since its creation in 1967 and the advent of Express Entry in 2015. IRCC has not invited FSWP candidates to any of its bi-weekly Express Entry drawings in 2021. They explain that FSWP candidates are more likely to be living outside of Canada, creating COVID-related challenges to Canada's ability to attract them as permanent residents. While this argument has certain merits, it is not without problems.

Candidates for the FSWP who are currently residing in Canada are not getting invites. The IRCC has been processing temporary residence applications throughout the epidemic, allowing hundreds of thousands of additional international students and foreign employees to visit here. The majority of the travel restrictions in the immigration in Canada have been relaxed. FSWP candidates have better core Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) ratings than other candidates, which is the most persuasive counter-argument.