5 Feet of Fury

Canadian government claims it wants your ‘input’ on immigration ‘levels and mix’

Got this via email today:

Citizenship and Immigration Canada would like to invite you to participate in an online consultation on Immigration Levels and Mix.

 This past July, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney, along with Parliamentary Secretaries Rick Dykstra and Chungsen Leung, launched a series of cross-country consultations on immigration issues. As part of this process, an online consultation is currently underway.

 You are invited to submit feedback through an online questionnaire, which will be available until September 19, 2011.  We are asking for your input on the right level of immigration to Canada – how many – and the right mix between the three immigrant classes to Canada – economic, family and protected persons.

 Prior to completing the questionnaire, please read the following background document. This serves to give you a sense of some of the challenges and realities we face as we strive to best answer the difficult questions involved in managing Canada’s immigration system. The full questionnaire is available attached if you wish to view and/or print the document to plan your responses before submitting your feedback online. Please note that this is for reference purposes only; responses must be submitted using the online questionnaire.

 A report on the consultations, including a summary of responses to the online consultation questionnaire, will be available on our website in fall 2011 or winter 2012.

 The on-line consultation will be available at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultations/index.asp from August 29 to September 19, 2011.

 Thank you in advance for your input.