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 workers.

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3.  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 House’s rules and practice to
wait for the bill’s 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.”

4.  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 that’s 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 Queen’s funeral. A spokesperson
from the office of NDP immigration critic, Member
of Parliament Jenny Kwan, told CIC News they are
expecting Fraser’s response to be tabled during
routine proceedings on September 20.

5.  On September 12, an IRCC spokesperson said in an
email to CIC News: “Work on the Government of
Canada’s response to the Private Member’s 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 Canada’s 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 member’s motion, such as
Motion 44, is not a binding contract. Which means
Fraser is not contractually obligated to respond.

6.  That being said, Andrew Griffith, a former
director general at IRCC, said it’s in a
politician’s best interest to meet their deadlines
because it’s 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.
 “It’s basically reinforcing what the
government is saying they’re going to do
already,” Griffith said to CIC News on the
phone.

7.  Fraser had also said in a June 21 interview with
CIC News that he was happy to support the
motion. Fraser’s office did not respond to CIC
News’ request for a new comment in time for
publication.
 Fraser’s 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.

8.  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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