Washington Post – Canada Wants Immigrants But the Pandemic Is in the Way. So It’s Looking to Keep People Already There.

Canada wants more immigrants — 401,000 this year, to be exact — and is not letting pandemic border controls get in the way. That means some new programs, including ones granting residency status to people already in the country and in jobs that might not have previously qualified. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/07/canada-immigration-pandemic/