Family Reunification and Conservative Government

Conservatives: Under the Conservatives, this smile has become a scowl and we have unfortunately witnessed a decade of decline in three major areas: family reunification, refugees, and citizenship applicants, according to Huffington Post Canada. Wait times have ballooned during Mr. They were -- and are -- nation builders. Harper time in office. Processing times took a particularly sharp jump after 2011, which was the same year this Conservative government imposed crippling budget cuts. Since 2007, family reunification processing times are up 70 percent for spouses and children and up a staggering 500 percent for parents and grandparents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.