Trudeau unveils Canada’s new immigration system priorities
OTTAWA: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the officials to reduce processing time for immigration applications and focus on expanding permanent residency opportunities for international students.
Trudeau, in a letter to Canada’s new immigration minister Sean Fraser, asked to lay out the federal government’s priorities in a mandate letter written on December 16. Fraser took office as the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Trudeau’s cabinet on October 26.
In the letter, Trudeau has outlined 13 measures that the immigration department is meant to focus on and stressed on reducing application processing times, including to address delays that have been impacted by Covid-19.
