Immigration Minister says a proposal to allow rejected asylum claimants and ex-international students to apply to stay in Canada won’t be rolled out ‘in the short term’
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says a federal program to give migrants without valid papers the right to stay in Canada will not be coming any time soon as talks continue in cabinet about the plan, which some of his colleagues sharply oppose.
He said what is causing him to pause are “views that I respect, people that care about these issues that are radically opposed and diametrically opposed, and not necessarily from people that would necessarily think would have that thought process.” to “further explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.” A decision by cabinet was expected this spring.
Lisa Lalande, chief executive officer of the Century Initiative, a charity focused on population growth and, said “the uncertain number of undocumented workers poses problems for our ability to plan and our ability to integrate these workers into the economy.” “I think it is the right thing to do from an economic perspective, from a humanitarian perspective. It’s just smart,” he said.
“I’ve seen polling of relative levels of sophistication, to be polite, that do show that Canadians are divided. I think what they also show is that when you educate Canadians, they seem to be more inclined to support regularization,” he said.
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