The data on the Canadian Experience Class is strong. You noted their median income reached $89,400. This explains why the government defends this program so hard during Question Period. But the Order Paper tells a different story. The Order Paper is the official list of written questions MPs ask ministers. It is currently filled with queries about backlogs for these specific workers. We know they succeed economically, but Ottawa still struggles to process their paperwork on time.
Interesting. Although I'm not sure whether the backlog is a bug or a feature. We will probably always need some constraints on raw immigration numbers no matter how likely candidates are to integrate well.
IRCC is a client so I know a bit about how the machine works.
As with so many public sector organizations that are public facing, IRCC is subject to the whims of its political masters, with the expectation they can scale up or down, or pivot to shift efforts from one area of focus to another, as if they're a windsock.
Of course they can't. It turns out that assessing PR and TR applications is complex work, with many documents that need to be vetted for veracity and legitimacy. Portions of the process can and have been automated, but humans still make all the decisions. Likewise, training a new case processing officer is not something that can be done in a day. Lastly, IRCC's case processing IT platform is an ancient behemoth held together with duct tape and prayers, and doesn't play nicely with other systems (both those inside IRCC and at partner orgs like CBSA).
All that said, your comment about needing constraints is on the money. Year over year workload stability with funding for resources scaled to match that workload would be the ideal state.
The data on the Canadian Experience Class is strong. You noted their median income reached $89,400. This explains why the government defends this program so hard during Question Period. But the Order Paper tells a different story. The Order Paper is the official list of written questions MPs ask ministers. It is currently filled with queries about backlogs for these specific workers. We know they succeed economically, but Ottawa still struggles to process their paperwork on time.
Interesting. Although I'm not sure whether the backlog is a bug or a feature. We will probably always need some constraints on raw immigration numbers no matter how likely candidates are to integrate well.
IRCC is a client so I know a bit about how the machine works.
As with so many public sector organizations that are public facing, IRCC is subject to the whims of its political masters, with the expectation they can scale up or down, or pivot to shift efforts from one area of focus to another, as if they're a windsock.
Of course they can't. It turns out that assessing PR and TR applications is complex work, with many documents that need to be vetted for veracity and legitimacy. Portions of the process can and have been automated, but humans still make all the decisions. Likewise, training a new case processing officer is not something that can be done in a day. Lastly, IRCC's case processing IT platform is an ancient behemoth held together with duct tape and prayers, and doesn't play nicely with other systems (both those inside IRCC and at partner orgs like CBSA).
All that said, your comment about needing constraints is on the money. Year over year workload stability with funding for resources scaled to match that workload would be the ideal state.