IRCC Deputy Minister Transition Binder 2024

Table of Contents

Section A: Introduction to IRCC

1. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada – Landscape
2. Public Opinion Research on Canadians’ Attitudes Towards Immigration
3. Immigrant Outcomes

Section B: Fundamental Briefs

Overview

1. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Departmental Overview
2. Departmental Structure
   • Senior Executive Biographies
3. Departmental Priorities
   • Mandate Letter Commitments – Fall 2023
   • LookAhead at a glance
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4. IRCC Overview
5. IRCC Overview of Financial Situation

Stakeholders Relations

1. Federal/Provincial/Territorial Relations
2. International Affairs
3. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada: Overview

Important Issues

1. Hot Issues List
   1. Immigration Levels Plan
   2. Strategic Immigration Review
   3. Asylum – Housing and FPT
   4. Recent Humanitarian Initiatives
   5. Temporary Immigration (Foreign Workers and International Students)
   6. Housing Pressures (includes IRCC Initiatives – Constructions workers)
   7. Indigenous border crossing
   8. Passport Modernization and Sustainability of the Passport Revolving Fund
   9. Litigation
   10. Cases Management Branch
   11. Client Service and Processing Times
   12. Relationship with Quebec

Canada’s Key Immigration Programs

1. Economic Immigration
2. Temporary Foreign Workers
3. International Student Program
4. Family Reunification
5. Refugee Resettlement
6. Humanitarian Programs
7. Asylum
8. Francophone Immigration
9. Temporary Immigration – How Visitors Come to Canada
10. Citizenship Program
11. Passport Program
12. Settlement and Integration