The new federal budget for 2021 was released on April 19.
Ambitiously named "Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs,
Growth, and Resilience", the plan clearly sets its sights on
post COVID-19 economic recovery. As was already signalled by the
Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Canadian Minister of Immigration,
in October of last year when he tabled an ambitious Immigration
plan at Parliament outlining goals for the coming three years, a
substantial part of the federal economic growth strategy relies on
economic immigration.
For those who like cold hard numbers: Almost $430 million over 5
years will be spent on development and delivery of an
enterprise-wide digital platform that will gradually replace the
legacy Case Management System. This is Canada's delivery on a
promise to revamp the system the Minister himself referred to as
"retro" so that it can position itself as a top
destination for global talent. Service Canada is to be a recipient
of nearly $50 million over
