500 Undocumented Construction Workers "Allowed" PLUS Their Families to Address Construction and "Skills" Issue

 I suppose the nearly 2 million applicants backlog will be looking to become construction workers now. 

With extra 500 workers, that translates into 2,500 new Entrants? Part of the 500,000 or not? 

"...the government said it is doubling the annual number of available spots in the program from 500 workers — plus their family members — to 1,000, as part of its plan to ease the labour shortage in skilled trades...."

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/01/20/canada-expands-immigration-program-for-undocumented-construction-workers-in-gta.html