Order Paper Question and Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: NDP immigration critic Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe submitted an order paper question, which is like an access-to-information request for MPs, about the budget and processing times for applications for temporary and permanent residents, according to Toronto Star. The remaining information requested in the question and subquestions would require an extensive manual search of Citizenship and Immigration Canada records. After a lengthy data extraction process involving millions of files , the report would have to be reviewed in its entirety to ensure that the data is accurate and valid. Providing full and accurate information within the prescribed timeline is therefore not feasible, said the response tabled in the Commons on May 14 last year and Newly released documents suggest the office of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander intervened to save bureaucrats from answering part of a formal question from an NPD MP about wait times for visa applications. The department provided information in response to some parts of the question mostly by linking to details already available on its website but said they would not be able to break down wait times for applications by fiscal year and processing centre. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.