Clarification from Mr. Douglas

Ms. Colonel,

My apologies. I am now under the understanding that you are located in the Philippines. That may make it difficult for us to connect.

I appreciated your blog post and the fact that you have directly quoted the Minister. We have a concern with the last two paragraphs.

The Immigration Minister has the authority to make changes to the immigration selection system without any advance warning. In this case, he has signaled that an imminent reduction of immigration targets is a real possibility.
If you would like to immigrate to Canada, you should take the Immigration Minister's words seriously. Now is the time to submit your Canadian immigration application. After the Immigration Minister's meeting at the end of March, it may become more difficult for you to qualify or it may take you longer to realize your plans to come live and work in canada.



Minister Kenney consults with all of the Provinces and Territories along with business and labour groups and many other stakeholders when setting the immigration levels for Canada. He has indicated that the Immigration Plan for 2009 will remain at 240,000 - 265,000 persons and that the government does not plan to decrease those numbers. The Minister has indicated that, to be responsible, he must continue to consult and be prepared to react to a changing environment, but, at this time, there are no changes being planned.

I would also point out that there is no meeting currently planned for Provincial/Territorial Minsiters and Minister Kenney.


We would be pleased to provide you with further information or respond to any questions you may have by messaging us at CIC-Media-Relations@cic.gc.ca or by phone at 613-952-1650.


I would like to say thank you Mr. Kellam Dougals of cic.gc.ca for that email clarification.

Thanks you Sir.