How many people should Canada admit next year?

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How many people should Canada admit next year?
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Conference Rules

• 1. Opening statements at 225PM 1 minute each
• 2. negotiation with other stakeholders is
  encouraged
• 3. consensus is mandatory
• 4. second round of statements at 245 (different
  speakers)
• 5. CIC officials will report back at 305

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Invited Stakeholders

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• FFWC Former Fisheries Workers of Canada
• Government of Manitoba
• Government of British Columbia
• CMC Canadians for a multicultural Canada
• BBC Business Board of Canada
• POB Protect Our Borders

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Some Basic Facts

• Canadian population is approximately 30 million
• over the past decade, annual admissions of
  immigrants and refugees has been approximately
  220,000 (refugees approx 35,000)
• approximately 20 million people of concern to the
  UNHCR
• Canada admits roughly 2x as many economic
  category migrants as family category migrants

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada

• the central bureaucratic organization in charge
  of immigration matters
• most decisions and most policy made here
• applications for all categories of immigrants
• preliminary screening for asylum seekers
• recruitment of government assisted refugees
• manages admission to citizenship
• the agency on the government side in most of the
  cases we will read .. v. Canada
• net planned spending in Canada for 2003-04
  1,070,400,000

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Immigration and Refugee Board

• Refugee Protection Division
• Immigration Division
• Immigration Appeal Division
• Refugee Appeal Division

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Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal

• two separate courts since July 2003
• Jan-June 2004 6988 proceedings commenced before
  F.C ., of these 5900 were immigration related
  applications for leave
• 666 leave granted in imm in same time period
• certified question procedure to go to the F.C.A.
• further appeal by leave to the supreme court of
  Canada
• judicial review proceedings, see Federal Court
  Act s.18.1(4)

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Canadian Border Services Agency

• formed by Order in Council in December 2003 in
  new Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency
  Preparedness
• takes over enforcement actions from Citizenship
  and Immigration Canada
• security screening and removals actions