Why can't they put new applications on hold for x amount of time i.e not accept any new applications until the backlog has been dealt with?

Here are just a few:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...light=pre+2008 and also here: http://www.trackitt.com/canada-immig...killed-workers

I think it is a despicable move on the part of the Government.

I encourage you to send comments to the Honourable Jason Kenney at [email protected]

I think it's because the recent ones have applied under the system that was created to fill the needs of Canada as it is now regarding skills and such like.

There will soon be yet another new system in place, judging by this media release: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/departm...2012-03-28.asp

The proposed new requirement would mean that applicants wanting to immigrate as Federal Skilled Workers would have their foreign education credentials assessed and verified by designated organizations before they arrive in Canada.

More information: http://www.credentials.gc.ca/fcro/pr...1.asp#canadian

to be honest I agree with this, that's been a whole issue up to now, they want skilled workers so they give them a visa then wont allow them to work as their credentials dont stack up against canadian ones, this makes sense to me

From a CIC report on immigration.

2010 Target Occupations

Architects
Engineers
Medical Laboratory Technologists
Occupational Therapists
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Registered Nurses
Financial Auditors and Accountants

2012 Target Occupations

Dentists
Engineering Technicians
Licensed Practical Nurses
Medical Radiation Technologists
Physicians
Teachers (K-12)

Where the feds get their information from? We have teachers up the ying-yang, and I have never had trouble getting a dentist.

It would, if the Canadians were any good. My wife has worked as an Executive Co-ordinator since arriving, and has hired a couple of Canucks, with business and adminstration-type degrees no less. She only has a couple of A-Levels to name (about Grade 12 equivalent). She has also had to fire those "wunderkind cradles"; just not up to the job. I think the government doesn't want to admit that the cradles do not stack-up against the immigrants!

Do you have a link to this report please?

maybe, who knows, but they are never going to admit that, they have to protect their own, which I dont disagree with, but there still remains plenty of opportunities for immigrants.

I know that none of the folk affected had a voice in the matter, but this is the sort of thing that happens if Canadians elect extremist governments.

I will temper that by saying that lack of investment and common sense prior to this lot taking over didn't help. But a prick like Jason Kenny is always going to get anything he touches wrong.

http://www.credentials.gc.ca/fcro/pr...1.asp#canadian
yer tiz! (I hope)

These people have put their lives on hold for the past four years, and have now been kicked in the teeth by Canada's "Nasty Party". No doubt the government will be including the interest it has earned from the fees of these applicants in their refunds. Oh my, is that a Gloucester White Spot in the sky? Or just a PC government minister?

Not working

Shit happens the world over. I was a few months away from moving to Australia at one point in time, the goalposts got moved by government and the opportunity went. No refund either.

This is a bit more than shit happens,its more like a shit service and a lot of people being shit on!!!!