I went back and looked at IRCC's own action plan after reading this. The deadline for implementing the new student-validation approach and sharing annual expired-permit lists with CBSA is December 2026. That's the plan to redress the deficiencies. Eight months away, after confirmed fraud cases sat untouched for years. The department has also acknowledged it only has the budget to conduct about 2,000 investigations annually until 2028. So the mechanism to impose consequences for "ghosting" doesn't exist yet, and the funding to build it is already capped.
CBC did cover it, actually. They ran the story the same day the AG tabled the report. What they didn't do is follow the committee evidence. I went back through the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration transcript after the tabling and found that IRCC's own deputy confirmed the department had no justification on file for why those 800 confirmed fraud cases were never pursued. CBC got the headline. They missed that admission entirely.
In a serious country, Ministers, DMs, ADMs and DGs would lose their jobs over such gross incompetence. In Canada? Forget about it.
what a shit show and they just dont give a shit
Does there appear to be any plan to redress these deficiencies or are we just supposed to shrug our shoulders and go back to shouting at clouds?
I went back and looked at IRCC's own action plan after reading this. The deadline for implementing the new student-validation approach and sharing annual expired-permit lists with CBSA is December 2026. That's the plan to redress the deficiencies. Eight months away, after confirmed fraud cases sat untouched for years. The department has also acknowledged it only has the budget to conduct about 2,000 investigations annually until 2028. So the mechanism to impose consequences for "ghosting" doesn't exist yet, and the funding to build it is already capped.
Thanks for checking. I tend to avoid the CBC so I'm guessing they're not reporting on this whatsoever?
CBC did cover it, actually. They ran the story the same day the AG tabled the report. What they didn't do is follow the committee evidence. I went back through the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration transcript after the tabling and found that IRCC's own deputy confirmed the department had no justification on file for why those 800 confirmed fraud cases were never pursued. CBC got the headline. They missed that admission entirely.
Thanks (again) for following up. Speaking of which, I wonder if the CBC will follow up since this seems to be a rather huge story.
UN-believable... only in Canada... we are Arkansas with snow...