But the point is, "backloggers" don't have the skills Canada has currently identified that they need. If they award visas to backloggers as opposed to fast track then from their point of view they are just getting in people who are not in demand and therefore will either struggle financially or will be taking jobs away from Canadians.
I don't wish to sound unsympathetic and I appreciate the wait must be very frustrating - but I am just trying to illustrate why CIC are thinking as they are by prioritising post-Feb-2008 over pre-Feb-2008.
There is nothing to prevent a pre-Feb-2008 applicant from making a parallel application if they are on the in-demand list, and nothing to prevent them getting a job offer and applying that way.
Wayne.