Shadow minister expects Sean Fraser to present plan for temporary residents when Canadian Parliament resumes

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   Shadow minister expects Sean Fraser to
present plan for temporary residents when
Canadian Parliament resumes

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   Shadow minister expects Sean Fraser to
present plan for temporary residents when
Canadian Parliament resumes
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Immigration Minister Sean Fraser was given a
120-day deadline to introduce a plan to expand
permanent residence pathways for international
students and temporary foreign worker.
 

• A parliamentary motion called for Immigration
  Minister Sean Fraser to publish a plan to expand
  pathways to permanent residence for temporary
  residents. On May 11, Fraser was given 120 days
  to respond, a deadline which falls outside of the
  House of Commons sitting calendar.
• If the government chooses to develop a plan as
  suggested in motion M-44, and if these changes to
  expand immigration pathways for temporary
  residents in Canada were to take form into a
  bill, it is within the Houses rules and practice
  to wait for the bills introduction and first
  reading before its content is being made public,
  wrote Heather Bradley from the Office of the
  Speaker. A minister would have to wait for a
  sitting of the House to introduce such
  legislation.
  

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• The Shadow Minister for Immigration, Refugees and
  Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Jasraj Singh Hallan
  from the Conservative Party, says he expects to
  see the plan tabled as soon as House resumes next
  week.
• We are waiting for the House to sit and we want
  the plan tabled on the first day, Hallan said on
  the phone to CIC News, A plan thats actually
  going to make a difference in the lives of people
  who want to come here and become Canadian
  citizens.
• The House of Commons is scheduled to resume on
  September 19, according to the sitting calendar,
  the same day as the Queens funeral. A
  spokesperson from the office of NDP immigration
  critic, Member of Parliament Jenny Kwan, told CIC
  News they are expecting Frasers response to be
  tabled during routine proceedings on September
  20.

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• On September 12, an IRCC spokesperson said in an
  email to CIC News Work on the Government of
  Canadas response to the Private Members Motion
  44 (M-44) is ongoing. Discussions are underway
  and we look forward to help speed up the process
  of turning newcomers into permanent residents to
  meet Canadas economic needs and fuel our growth.
  Details will be communicated as soon as they
  become available.
• According to a spokesperson from the Library of
  Parliament, a private members motion, such as
  Motion 44, is not a binding contract. Which means
  Fraser is not contractually obligated to respond.

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• That being said, Andrew Griffith, a former
  director general at IRCC, said its in a
  politicians best interest to meet their
  deadlines because its embarrassing not to.
  Further, all the secondaries to the motion are
  from the same political party as Fraser, the
  Liberal Party, and there is nothing substantially
  different in the motion from what the Liberals
  are already trying to do.
• Its basically reinforcing what the government
  is saying theyre going to do already, Griffith
  said to CIC News on the phone.

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• Fraser had also said in a June 21 interview with
  CIC News that he was happy to support the motion.
  Frasers office did not respond to CIC News
  request for a new comment in time for
  publication.
• Frasers mandate letter from the prime minister
  calls upon him to expand pathways to permanent
  residence for international students and
  temporary foreign workers. On May 11, Fraser was
  given 120 days to develop and release a strategy
  to achieve these goals, as dictated by motion 44
  put forward by Randeep Sarai, the member of
  parliament for Surrey Centre, British Columbia.

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There are six points raised in the motion that
Fraser is expected to address

• give more weight to in-Canada work experience
  under economic immigration programs and expanding
  eligible occupational categories
• examine evidence from other federal immigration
  programs
• incorporate data on labour market and skills
  shortages to base immigrant selection on
  persistent labour gaps
• encourage immigrant retention in smaller
  communities and Francophone immigration outside
  Quebec
• identify mechanisms to reach quicker to changes
  in labour market needs and regional economic
  priorities and
• specifically consider occupations and essential
  services such as health services, caregivers,
  agriculture, manufacturing, service, trades, and
  transportation.

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