Article content Immigration lawyer Steven Meurrens obtained the document through access to information and provided it to the National Post. Try refreshing your browser, or Canada pausing intake of highly skilled immigrant workers amid heavy backlog Back to video The same memo says the express entry pool, which includes skilled workers, skilled trades and people with experience living in Canada, has more than 207,000 people in it. Canada’s immigration plan has a variety of different classes, including skilled workers, provincial nominees, family reunification and refugees. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The department aims for a six-month processing time for federal skilled workers (FSW), but in the memo they warned that could rise dramatically.

Source: National Post January 21, 2022 23:41 UTC