The queue to immigrate to Canada has always been long.
Like a competitive university, Canada has always had more applicants than places. Like a competitive university, Canada developed processes, notably the points system, to decide which applicants to prioritize, and which to sideline.
And like a competitive university, the applicants queued up and competed for admission from outside the fence. Applicants to Harvard aren’t already at Harvard. Applicants to immigrate to Canada were not already in Canada.
