Interesting Op-Ed describing the possible stresses of immigrating and waiting for responses from the IRCC.

The article doesn’t mention this, but RCICs help immensely by acting as a liaison between ‘future Canadians’ and the IRCC.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/04/10/the-treatment-of-newcomers-under-canadas-immigration-system-is-frankly-appalling.html