2022 Immigration News and Developments

2022 has been a busy year in terms of immigration news and developments. The Department had gotten a new, fresh faced, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration at the end of 2021. He has overseen a number of developments, including the largest intake of permanent residents in 2021. He has now been in office long enough to understand the myriad issues and challenges --his predecessor Marco Mendicino was only in charge for a little less than 2 years and the Minister before that, a few months shy of three years at the helm. Canada has set out a bold plan to bring in 1.5 million Permanent Residents in the next few years: Earlier this month, the federal government announced an aggressive plan to take in 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025, with almost 1.5 million new immigrants coming to the country over the next three years. This plan would see Canada welcome about eight-times the number of permanent residents each year - per population - than the UK, and four-times more than its southern neighbour, the United States. There are inherent challenges in taking in such numbers; this was discussed by Andrew Griffith in a recent article: ...Arguments in favour of... Read more →