Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Access To Information Request

Vancouver Lawyer Dept: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney inadvertently pulled back the veil. He announced that immigration reached a 50-year high last year. While other western countries cut back on immigration during the recession, our government kept legal immigration levels high, he boasted, according to The Star. Two days later, a Vancouver lawyer released new figures, obtained through an Access to Information request, showing Ottawa planned to cut the number of visas issued to skilled workers and canada s immigration system has changed profoundly since Prime Minister Stephen Harper took power five years ago. This week, the public got its first glimpse of who the winners and losers are. Within a day, Kenney s story started to unravel. New Canadians complained they were waiting longer than ever to reunite their families. A close look at Kenney s figures showed why. The number of family class immigrants accepted into Canada has dropped by 10,000 since the Conservatives took power. We can t satisfy 100 per cent of our immigrant stakeholders, the minister explained. As reported in the news.
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