Immigrate to Canada: Federal Government

federal government: The immigration program allowing Canadian sponsors to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada was frozen by the federal government in 2011 to allow the federal government to reduce the backlog of applicants, which had grown to more than 165,000, and to "redesign" the program to "avoid future backlogs and be sensitive to fiscal constraints." , according to Winnipeg Free Press. By massively decreasing the number of applications the government will accept, many qualified sponsors will not be able to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada. For decades, one of the cornerstones of Canada's immigration policy has been family reunification. Earlier this month, the federal government announced changes to the immigration program that allows Canadians and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada. The result -- the door on family reunification is slowly closing. When the program opens up in 2014, there will be a quota of 5,000 applications. When this program was frozen in 2011, the federal government indicated it was receiving nearly 38,000 applications for sponsorship for parents and grandparents annually. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.