Canada's immigration backlog

The province of Ontario, together with Toronto legal representatives, are asking Canada's Immigration department to take action to reduce the present backlog of applications. The backlog of approximately 800,000 cases is causing some applications to take over 4 years to be processed.

"It is unfair to have 800,000 people waiting in line for so long," said Mike Colle, Ontario citizenship and immigration minister. "It is frustrating for these people and they're going elsewhere."