Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees Minister Sean Fraser says new technology has greatly accelerated processing times in his department — but he insists that artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t making any final decisions on whether an immigration application is approved.
Fraser told a press conference on Friday that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has used new “advanced analytics” technology to great effect.
“We use these new technologies across a wide variety of our immigration systems, and what we’ve seen is massive gains in productivity,” Fraser said.
Fraser did not specify the nature of the technology but instead insisted that humans still have a role to play at IRCC.
“Just to dispel any
