certus881 said:
Their priority is not the PGP class; I got that clear message from this government. Bringing in refugees from worn torn areas is their agenda. As stated before by immigration; there's always the super visa and that's what they are using to justify the limit on PGP. I doubt there will be any retroactive selection if selected applicants are deemed ineligible; its their way of "so be it, under the rug" I am sure there was consult before the lottery happened. This was the best way to limited PGP entry without being seemed biased.
Parents/Grandparents have always been the very lowest priority for immigration, going back way before this government was in force. The previous Conservative government even shut down the whole program for several years, and nobody really cared.
Most typical Canadians couldn't care less if the PGP program was scrapped entirely, as many see it only as a drain on Canada's healthcare and not the other benefits or compassionate reasons the PGP program brings.
However complaining and protesting about it, will unfortunately not do much as the government knows very well majority of voters simply don't care, so it will never be a true election issue. Quite the opposite actually, if they suddenly increased the cap or admitted tons of parents each year, many voters would see this as a largely negative impact to the economy so would hurt them in the polls.
The way it is now with lottery system and cap is the best way... as long as they run the lottery smarter next year to weed on those ineligible right from the beginning.
