Immigration Minister Fraser takes heat for ‘short-sighted’ approach to processing backlogs

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser placed blame squarely on the pandemic for delays in immigration processing times, but MPs called this an ‘excuse.’

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser faced heated questions from MPs on the House Immigration and Citizenship Committe about the immigration department's significant backlog of more than 1.8 million applications. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 15, 2022

Opposition MPs accused Immigration Minister Sean Fraser of being “misleading” about processing times for Canada’s considerable immigration backlog, with the department’s timeline to address the 1.8 million applications still “opaque.” Fraser (Central Nova...

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