Canada’s federal government pauses the acceptance of new applications this year for people seeking to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada, according to reporting by City News Toronto and Global News (Canada). The pause applies to “any new applications” for the parent and grandparent sponsorship stream during the current year. City News Toronto adds that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says the change is intended to “responsibly manage” the program. The outlet reports that about 60,500 applications are already in progress and that the government expects to approve 15,000 applications. Global News (Canada) reports the same core measure, without adding additional figures in its summary. Together, the sources indicate that the pause is a temporary administrative decision affecting future submissions, while processing continues for applications already received. The reports do not provide details on exceptions or specific timing beyond the pause for this year.