Family reunification lottery had 95,000 applicants, 10,000 selected

Family Sponsorship, Parental Sponsorship

More than 95,000 people who applied to bring their parent or grandparent to Canada, 10,000 individuals have now been randomly selected under the new family reunification lottery system. The lottery system was introduced by the Liberal government as a way of alleviating sponsorship application backlogs under the old, first-come, first-serve system. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship…