New task force to address immigration delays - Justin Trudeau

Highlights:

• New task force created to deal with delays in government services like immigration application processing, passports, and airports
• The task force will include federal ministers
• The backlog of the applicants has reached around 2.4 million people

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has announced about the creation of a new task force that will include a large group of federal ministers. The new task force will take care about the delays in the government services, which are related to passports, immigration application processing, and airports.

The task force will focus on the gaps in these services. It will also provide the strategies to deal with these issues and improving the processes so that candidates can migrate to Canada easily.

Processing of the immigration applications

The task force will give priority to the processing of the immigration applications. It will look after the areas where an action has to be taken. The goal of creating the task force is to provide short-term and long-term solutions so that backlog can be cleared and speed and quality of the services can be improved.

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Backlog of Canada Immigration

The backlog of immigration applications has reached up to 2.4 million. The number of applicants has risen to 257,499 between April 29 and June 1. The number has increased as many people are applying for temporary residence. The number of application backlog for temporary residence has reached up to 1,471,000.

The number of applicants has increased up to 216,380 since April 29 due to the programs like Temporary Foreign Worker Program. This program provides employment in agricultural and tourism sectors.

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The backlog for the Express Entry is 31,600 through the following programs

• Federal Skilled Worker Program
• Federal Skilled Trades Program
• Canadian Experience Class

The number of applicants has decreased up to 9,000 applications from the end of April.

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