Canada has always been immigration-centric and will remain the same as the country’s economy is concerned.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, also emphasized the same in the supplementary mandate letter he gave to Marco Mendicino, the Immigration Minister of Canada.
The mandate letter is considered to be the most significant document for the Canadian Immigration division.
The letter consists of the aims of the current government that the Prime Minister needs to get achieved. The responsibilities came to the Immigration Minister. Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will also be involved in the same.
It defines the key responsibilities and issues in the system. Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan, new program creation, enhancing the application duration time, and many other similar matters are highlighted in the letter.
The mandate letter was released shortly after the announcement of the 2021-2023 Immigration Levels Plan. According to the 2021-2023 levels plan, Canada is aiming to onboard around 400,000 migrants every year, which will be the highest in the country’s history.
The recent one is the enhanced version of the letter that Trudeau gave to Mendicino in 2019.
A new session was started in September 2020, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government had to improvise the mandate letter, which is why the supplement letter was released.
Key priorities of the recent mandate letter:
- Continue the process of welcoming new immigrants to Canada to support the economy. Also, post-COVID recovery will be supported by the same. The plan is to expand pilot programs so that refugees can come through economic class immigration streams. They will also expedite the family reunification process and will work on the sectoral and regional pilot program.
- Working on measures to ensure quick pathways to permanent residence (PR) for the people working in the healthcare sector in care homes or also for essential workers who worked during the pandemic.
- Continue to warrant the health and safety of people involved in Canada’s entry port management.
- Continue working on extra pathways to PR for temp foreign workers.
- Collab with Employment ministry, Workforce Development, and Disability Inclusion to ensure the safety of the employees who are prone/vulnerable to coronavirus. They are also working to secure employees to meet requirements in the farming and food processing industry.
- Continue working with the country’s provinces and territories to support the settlements of new migrants, including French-language training.
The new mandate letter does not represent any particular updates or changes. The fundamentals of Canadian immigration remain the same. It only supplements the aims set in 2019’s letter for the IRCC. The underlying notion of today’s letter was to make the country aware that immigration will continue to nurture Canada’s economy. That will continue to the best of the IRCC’s abilities even during the pandemic. Canada always harnesses global skills and talent and will continue to do the same so that the country can thrive once the pandemic is behind it.
