Government promises

Continue to bring newcomers to Canada to drive economic growth and recovery.

Expand the new immigration stream for human rights defenders and work with civil society groups to provide resettlement opportunities for people under threat.

Facilitate the safe passage and resettlement of vulnerable people from Afghanistan, and increase the number of eligible refugees from Afghanistan from 20,000 to at least 40,000.

Reduce application processing times.

Introduce electronic applications for family reunification.

Implement a program to issue temporary resident status to spouses and children abroad while they wait for the processing of their permanent residency application.

Make the citizenship application process free for permanent residents who have fulfilled the requirements needed to obtain it.

Explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers contributing to Canadian communities.

Continue working with Quebec to support the French-language knowledge of immigrants in Quebec.

Continue to implement a national strategy to support Francophone immigration across the country.

Work on irregular migration, including continued work with the United States to modernize the Safe Third Country Agreement.

Extend pathways to Permanent Residence for international students and temporary foreign workers through the Express Entry system.

Work with employers and communities across Canada to welcome 2,000 skilled refugees to fill labour shortages in high-demand sectors.

Expand the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot.

Make the Atlantic Immigration Pilot a permanent program.

Move forward on the Municipal Nominee Program.

Double the number of entry applications for parents and grandparents of immigrants to 10,000 a year.

Give additional points under the Express Entry system to applicants who have Canadian siblings.

Increase the maximum age for dependents from 19 to 22 to allow more families to stay together and bring their children to Canada.

Bring forward a proposal regarding permanent residency for new spouses entering Canada.

Improve client service delivery and immigration, refugees and citizenship application processing times.

Restore the Interim Federal Health Program that provides health benefits to refugees.

Establish an expert human rights panel to help determine designated countries of origin and provide a right to appeal refugee decisions for citizens from these countries.

Repeal provisions in the *Citizenship Act* that give the government the right to strip citizenship from dual nationals.

Make it easier for international students to stay in Canada after their studies.

Implement Canada's new immigration levels plans.

Ensure the delivery of high-quality settlement services for newcomers, informed by rigorous outcomes data.

Continue to welcome refugees from Syria and elsewhere.

Conduct a review of the visa policy framework.

Make changes to the Oath of Canadian Citizenship to reflect the Truth and Reconciliation's Calls to Action.

Ensure the successful integration of refugees into Canadian society.