Peter Showler and Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Evidence points to a bureaucratic backlog of files inside Citizenship and Immigration Canada, as a n internal government report produced late last year blames the backlog on too few staff in the departments centralized office in Winnipeg. That office processes privately sponsored refugee claims. Read the complete internal report at bottom of story. , according to CBC. Peter Showler , a professor at the University of Ottawa and former chairman of Canada immigration and refugee board, called the long processing times inexcusable. Federal government job cuts have increased problems with bringing Syrians refugees to Canada, say advocates trying to help those refugees re-settle. The report states the backlogs are at "an unprecedented high" and warns it could take several years to catch up. Peter Showler, a professor at the University of Ottawa, says the CIC long processing times for refugees is inexcusable. Photo submitted by Peter Showler (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.