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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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You linked to the CRS system without context or commentary?
The Express Entry federal high skilled application system (where the CRS score is used for entry draws) accounts for under 100K of the targeted 465K immigration target for 2023. It's a small subset of our immigration target totals.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-im...els-plans.html
In that subsection though, the quality of application is kept up.
We have enough of a pool right now to still get similar skilled workers in terms of quality based on CRS scores at this time (last published CRS pool numbers I could find are 2021 so I can't see how the current pool looks like). The number fluctuates and draws are lowered for certain occupations in need at times (we just did one for mechanics and construction workers) but generally we haven't seen a major quality drop. Here's the draw numbers for review. This is where you can see if we do in fact lower quality of applications (and where we could correctly start criticizing the quality of skilled workers). At this point, the claim we are bringing in anybody (if talking of the high skilled worker category) is clearly false as the CRS draws for entry prove otherwise.
https://www.canadavisa.com/express-e...ly-issued.html
The problem lies once you step out of this subsection of immigration applicants.
The provincial nominee program is how your local Tim Hortons franchise gets to fill their minimum wage staff with TFWs and kicking out established tenants to the curb to house them on the cheap to maximize profits. This program has been further expanded to help meet Liberal immigration targets.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/princ...sing-1.6752938
The provincial nominee program and other programs such as for caregivers is effectively the loophole to enter the country with limited skills and no family sponsorship. And we are expanding on them.
I'm all for skilled workers immigrating, support the CRS system methodology and even see the need for TFW in specific areas...but it's misleading to link to that page without comment and pretend we are only bringing high quality skilled workers in the country as our immigration targets are expanding in all areas.
Hopefully this additional info clears up and expands some things for everyone as it's a multi faceted issue.