Family sponsorship process flawed, merit-based program needed

The 2019 round for selecting 20,000 applicants to be invited to apply to sponsor a parent or grandparent to immigrate to Canada opened at noon EST on Jan. 28. Within minutes, the process was closed as the required number of applications had been submitted online. Effectively, a decision on who would...

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