Beneath the surface of Canada’s welcoming image, a silent crisis brews. Thousands of migrants—including Indians—are losing their right to work, access health care, or send their children to school.Why? Because bureaucratic delays are outpacing legal protections, leaving lives and futures in limbo.
00:00Why migrants are quietly losing, losing work, permits and hope in Canada.
00:09Beneath the surface of Canada's welcoming image, a silent crisis brews.
00:15Thousands of migrants, including Indians, are losing their right to work, access health care, or send their children to school.
00:30Why? Because bureaucratic delays are outpacing legal protections, leaving lives and futures in limbo.
00:47In today's video update, we uncover the loss of work permits due to delays, the devastating personal consequences for applicants, ongoing labor market, impact assessment backlogs, and the harsh reality of legal status without benefits.
01:10We also discuss the rise in application refusals, troubling policy gaps and exploitation risks, and the widening gap between government promises versus reality.
01:23Watch till the end to fully understand the challenges foreign workers are facing and what urgent reforms are being demanded.
01:32Let's begin with work permit loss due to delays, a growing issue causing uncertainty for thousands of workers.
01:40Migrants are losing work authorization as LMIA renewals stretch beyond 165 business days, nearly triple the 2023 timeline.
01:54Next, we look at the devastating personal consequences, including job loss, financial hardship, and emotional distress.
02:04Indian migrant Devi Acharya miscarried, unable to afford medical help without status.
02:11Her son cannot attend school.
02:14Their dream is shattering.
02:18Moving on to the labor market impact assessment backlogs, we explore how bureaucratic delays are contributing to the crisis.
02:27As of April 2025, Canada is still processing LMIA applications from a year earlier, creating a backlog of unprecedented scale.
02:37Then, we examine legal status without benefits, where individuals remain in limbo, allowed to stay, but with no access to basic support.
02:49Even if migrants remain legally in Canada, they cannot work or access services, effectively freezing their lives.
02:57Following that, we discuss the rising application refusals, highlighting the increasing number of rejections across visa categories.
03:09Work permit applications and refusal rates have surged, but officials offer no monthly breakdowns of pending cases.
03:16Next, we uncover the policy gaps and exploitation risks, especially for vulnerable workers stuck in the system.
03:26Without guidance for those who lose status, many turn to under-the-table jobs or bad actors suggesting false asylum claims.
03:33Then, we assess the government promises versus reality, comparing official commitments to the lived experience of migrants.
03:45The Liberal government promised to regularize undocumented migrants, but efforts remain limited.
03:51Meanwhile, PM Mark Carney proposes a cap on immigration ahead of elections.
03:59Finally, we wrap up with Conclusion, reflecting on the urgent need for reform and stronger protections for permit holders.
04:10This is more than paperwork. It's a humanitarian crisis growing quietly.
04:15Until policy catches up, dreams will continue to collapse under the weight of silence.
04:20That's all for this video.
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