Lorne Waldman: Conservative Government

Immigration Lawyer Dept: The government announced its decision to wipe out the application backlog in its March budget, saying it is a necessary part of modernizing the country's immigration system, according to CBC. Lorne Waldman, an immigration lawyer based in Toronto, says that breaks a promise to applicants who followed all the necessary steps to come to Canada and a group of lawyers is trying to stop the Conservative government from deleting a massive backlog of 280,000 immigration applications, saying the move is unfair because people have been waiting to come to Canada for years. The omnibus bill C-38, which the Conservatives hope to pass this summer, would see the elimination of applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Program created before 2008. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.