Carney shuts door on family reunification program indefinitely

Ottawa has shut the door on new parent and grandparent sponsorship applications, with no timeline for reopening the program.

Source: X (Mark Carney)

Ottawa is quietly shutting families out of its parent and grandparent sponsorship program this year, refusing all new applications despite calling family reunification a cornerstone of Canada’s immigration system.

“Family reunification remains an important pillar of Canada’s immigration system,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said in a Jul. 15 statement.