Canada has a family reunification program under which citizens and permanent residents can sponsor family members, including parents and grandparents, for immigration. The Liberal government has been committed to this program and, in line with it, an election pledge doubled the number of entry applications for parents and grandparents visa to 10,000 a year from 2016, raising it further to 20,000 in 2019. At the same time, in its quest for ensuring that the process of selection is fair, the government, in its current four-year term has tried three procedures.