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Canada
In office
Prime Minister
Liberal Party of Canada
2,975 days in office
42nd Parliament of Canada
03 Dec 2015 - 11 Sep 2019
43rd Parliament of Canada
05 Dec 2019 - 15 Aug 2021
44th Parliament of Canada
22 Nov 2021 - Present

The Canadian federal election of 2021 (officially the 44th Canadian general election) took place on September 20, 2021, and elected members of the House of Commons to Canada’s 44th Parliament. The Liberal Party, led by outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, won 160 seats, forming a second consecutive minority government.

The Trudeau government had originally made 569 promises in its 2021 campaign platform and press releases. This number was reduced to 352 by an extensive, multi-coder process of sorting promises according to their degree of precision and importance to society. Unclear and less important promises were removed from the analysis.

For an analysis of the achievements of Justin Trudeau’s first government (2015-2019), see Birch and Pétry (2019), Assessing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government. 353 promises and a mandate for change, published by Les Presses de l’Université Laval.

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Promise History

3.03.33 - “A re-elected Liberal government will […] [r]eform economic immigration programs to expand pathways to permanent residence for temporary foreign workers and former international students through the Express Entry points system.”

Published: Nov 2021
Partially kept
27-Jun-2023
Justification

The new measures apply to temporary foreign workers, but not to former foreign students.

“Starting immediately, foreign workers will have the opportunity to seek additional training and education that can help them in their careers. This measure will also help foreign workers expand their future job prospects and increase their opportunities to transition to permanent residence.”

Partially kept
23-Jun-2023

“Division 23 of Part 5 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to, among other things, // (a) authorize the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to give instructions establishing categories of foreign nationals for the purposes of determining to whom an invitation to make an application for permanent residence is to be issued, as well as instructions setting out the economic goal that that Minister seeks to support in establishing the category; […] (c) require that the annual report to Parliament on the operation of that Act include a description of any instructions that establish a category of foreign nationals, the economic goal sought to be supported in establishing the category and the number of foreign nationals invited to make an application for permanent residence in respect of the category; and // (d) authorize that Minister to give instructions respecting the class of permanent residents in respect of which a foreign national must apply after being issued an invitation, if the foreign national is eligible to be a member of more than one class.”

In progress
02-Jun-2023

“Participating stakeholders were asked about whether increasing transitions of temporary foreign workers to permanent residence through Express Entry would help respond to current economic needs and priorities. An overwhelming majority (93%) noted that they expected a positive impact (strongly or somewhat positive). Stakeholders in Alberta were the most likely to see increasing temporary–to–permanent transitions through Express Entry as having a strongly positive impact (94%), with national organizations being the least likely to say the same (67%). […] A similarly high proportion of respondents (89%) indicated support for transitioning more international student graduates to permanent residence as a way of responding to current economic needs.”

In progress
20-Jun-2022

“New TR-to-PR Pathway Deep In The Planning Stage, Says Immigration Minister.””

In progress
03-Jun-2022

“This section provides instructions for processing applications submitted under economic classes, for which applicants are selected on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada.””

In progress
22-Apr-2022

« M. Fraser rouvrira également les rondes d’invitation d’Entrée express en juillet pour les personnes souhaitant devenir résidents permanents, un processus d’immigration disponible partout au Canada, sauf au Québec. »

In progress
07-Apr-2022

« Le 30 mars 2022, le Canada a fait appel à 919 candidats du programme entrée express pour présenter leur demande de résidence permanente et ce dans un délai de 60 jours. »

In progress
07-Apr-2022

“IRCC started accepting permanent residence applications under the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) on March 6, 2022. // The AIP is an economic program targeted to foreign nationals with job offers in the Atlantic region, who have received an endorsement by an Atlantic province and who meet minimum education, work experience and language proficiency requirements. This section describes how to process applications for permanent residence submitted by applicants in the AIP.””

In progress
07-Apr-2022

“In Budget 2022, the government proposes to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada with authority to use Ministerial Instructions to help select those candidates who best meet Canada’s labour market needs from among the growing pool of candidates who wish to become permanent residents through the Express Entry System.”

In progress
31-Dec-2021

“This section describes how to process applications for permanent residence submitted by applicants in the three Atlantic Immigration Pilot Programs through the paper-based application process. // The Atlantic high-skilled, intermediate-skilled and international graduate programs are three economic pilot programs targeted to foreign nationals with job offers in the Atlantic region, who have received an endorsement by an Atlantic province and who meet minimum education, work experience and language proficiency requirements.””

In progress
08-Nov-2021

“The temporary resident to permanent resident pathway is a limited-time pathway to permanent residence. It is for certain temporary residents who are currently working in Canada and their families. // You may be eligible for permanent residence if // you have work experience in Canada in an essential occupation or the health or health services field // OR // you recently graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution.””

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Forward. For Everyone.

Published: Nov 2021

Reference Documents

“There is no education requirement for the Canadian Experience Class. // If you want to improve your rank in the Express Entry pool, there are 2 ways you can do this. // If you went to school in Canada, you can get points for a certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian // secondary institution (high school) or // post-secondary institution // If you have foreign education, you can get points if you have both of these // a completed educational credential // an educational credential assessment report for immigration purposes that // is from a designated organization shows your education is equal to a completed certificate, diploma or degree from a Canadian secondary institution (high school) or post-secondary institution.”

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