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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently used a mandate letter to instruct his new Immigration Minister, Sean Fraser, to “explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-is-now-dependent-on-the-illegal-workers-in-our-midst-they/

Now you've got a system backlog -- and you're adding additional applications into this system backlog. With the pandemic, they're understaffed, but maybe they were always understaffed.

Soon-to-be Canadians waiting in vain to hear about their citizenship applications A large number of immigrants say they've been waiting months to hear back from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) about whether or not they will soon become Canadian citizens.

The Canadian government must develop some sort of reduction plan to reduce the current backlog.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/2021/12/23/covid-19-might-have-lasting-impacts-on-the-way-canada-handles-immigration-minister.html