CIMM – Citizenship and Immigration – November 07, 2023

Table of content

Opening statement

1. Minister’s Opening Statement
2. Narrative
3. CIMM Intelligence Dashboard

Closed work permits and temporary foreign workers

1. Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Programming
   1. Key Data Table
   2. International Mobility Program
   3. Temporary Foreign Worker Program
   4. Key Distinction Between IMP and TFWP
   5. Open vs. Employer-Specific Work Permits
   6. Work Permit Extensions
   7. Temporary Worker Programming in Quebec
   8. Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
   9. Proposed Class Action Litigation Backgrounder
   10. Construction Worker Data
       1. WP Issued under Construction NOCs
       2. OPP-DART-IPAW-2023 - Number of ITAs issued in 2022 and 2023 (Up to October 31, 2023)
2. Tech Strategy
   1. Innovation Stream of the International Mobility Program
   2. Open Work Permit for H-1B Visa Holders
   3. Tech Talent Strategy – Digital Nomads
3. Temporary Residence to Permanent Residence Transitions
   1. Caregiver Immigration
   2. Current and Future Pathways to Permanent Residence
4. UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
5. Conditions and Vulnerabilities Faced by Temporary and Migrant Workers
   1. Safeguards Against Employer Abuse and Exploitation
   2. Rights of Temporary and Migrant Workers
   3. Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers
6. Human Trafficking
7. Explore Ways of Regularizing Undocumented Workers
8. Immigration Consultants
9. Employer Compliance Regime
   1. Application of Administrative Monetary Penalties and Bans for Non-compliant Employers
10. Guardian Angels

Other departmental issues

11. Inventories and Processing Times
12. International Students
    1. Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and Labour Market Impact
    2. International Student Work Hours
    3. International Student Caps
13. Labour Shortages
14. Immigration Levels Plan for 2024-2026
    1. Levels Info Sheet
15. Housing Shortages
16. Situation in Gaza and the West Bank
17. Situation in Pakistan

Reference material

1. Relevant Undertakings and Order Paper Questions
   1. Q-1634_IRCC_Response (Signed)
   2. Q-1674_IRCC_Response (Signed) (PCO changes)
   3. Q-1678_IRCC_Response-E (Signed)
   4. Q-1679_IRCC_Response (Signed)
   5. Response - CIMM 70.3 Citizenship Processing Time in 2019
   6. Response - CIMM 71.1 Scale of the Investigation of Exploited International Students
   7. Response - CIMM 71.2 Data on Students who Change their Institution of Study
   8. Response - CIMM 71.3 CICC Complaints since 2019
2. IRCC Workforce Demographics
3. Data Sheet on Permanent and Temporary Residents