It is truly unfortunate that applicants for humanitarian considerations are seen as a bunch of fraudsters who only seek to take advantage of this country, bypass the law, and exploit the system!
Yes, a significant portion of immigrants, not just those applying on humanitarian grounds, but across all categories, do not view this country as their own, but rather as a source of income or perhaps prestige, etc. However, that is not the case for all of us!
Humanitarian applications represent only a very small portion of the requests submitted to IRCC. These include people who are not eligible for asylum or PRRA, but who genuinely suffer in their home countries, victims of crime, war, corruption, threats, very hard life conditions and more.... These are people whose children are seriously ill , or applicants themselves who are sick, people who have built a life here, who pay astronomical amounts for housing, for education, who struggle to work and to access healthcare, etc. These are people who pay taxes, who are serious, who speak French and English, and so on.
This is the thousandth time I’ve said this here, and I will repeat it again , just because we are applying for permanent residence does not mean we are losers, lazy, or opportunistic. And I would like to point out that Canada is not the only country in the world that offers permanent residence on humanitarian grounds, it is not an exception, unless we compare it to Uncle Sam, or rather Uncle Trump, just below us, who does not care about people. In Europe, several countries recognize humanitarian considerations as a basis for regularization.
It is time to put an end to this stigmatization and these populist narratives!