Canada Border Services Agency Case Study

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There have been reports lately saying that entering Canada for business purposes has become somewhat difficult, and the cases of refusal of entry have increased in the past few months.

This is despite the Canadian government’s unremitting efforts in introducing new changes to its immigration policies to make it more accessible to both foreign skilled workers and entrepreneurs.

Experts—immigration lawyers and labour specialists—think that there are reasons behind this growing predicament. These are as follows:

1. An internal problem at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

The decreasing number of immigration workers at the Canadian ports of entry could be a major factor as it forces the department to get the best out of its existing manpower to fulfill its duty. Indeed, the ones inspecting the goods today could also be examining the documents of individuals applying for business permits the next, vice versa. The unclear designation of roles among custom officers contributes to the problem, and the lack of clarity in custom officers’ specific responsibilities results in increasing margin of error in judging the validity of
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However, not all Canadians are in favour of this globally applauded stance since they think it would backfire in the future and that it will leave fewer jobs for the next generation of Canadian workers. Some immigration calls it the “protectionist” stance, in which a custom officer’s personal beliefs and prejudices could affect their decision-making as they examine an applicant’s documents. Clearly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trust rating remains relatively high, but it has shown slight declines in the past few months. Sixty-five percent of Canadians even strongly agree that the Trudeau government is somewhat “more style than substance,” and a large percentage of this is said because of his new policies on