- Speed up the immigration process so decisions are communicated faster to people who want to come to Canada
- Reduce the backlog of applications that exist
- The Liberals will support a program to get 1,000 foreign-trained medical professionals trained as primary care physicians
- Provide better information to immigrants with regard to where their skills are needed, and what credentials will be recognized
- Continue to reform and streamline the refugee determination system
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- Harper promises to speed up recognition of foreign-trained doctors and other professionals
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- Raise immigration levels to one per cent of the population
- Enact a once-in-a-lifetime provision to enable Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor one relative
- Work with the provinces and territories to better recognize foreign credentials of professionals
- Eliminate the head tax on immigrants
- Freeze immigration fees, and use the money instead for education and skills training in Canada
- End lengthy delays in processing applications from such posts as Beijing and Delhi
- Amend current immigration laws, that currently bar most immigrants that would have been admitted during the Trudeau era
- Allow those who already call Canada home the opportunity to apply for legal status
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- a sovereign Quebec will develop the tools to set up better immigration policies to attract immigrants to all regions of Quebec culture
- Create a National Institution that promotes Cultural Diversity
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- Remove barriers for reinstating professional credentials
- Reduce the costs of immigration, regulate the practices of "immigration consultants" and punish illegal smugglers
- Give cultural organizations charitable status
- Improve access to language instruction and the education system
- Improve the screening system to exclude potential immigrants with criminal histories
- Direct special funding to public schools in "landing zones" for new Canadians
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