Critical Essays on Canadian Public Policy: Policies to Stem the Brain Drain - Without Americanizing Canada

Jonathan R. Kesselman

Canadian Public Policy, 2001, vol. 27, issue 1, 77-93

Abstract: Calls for Canadian policies to respond to the threat of brain drain to the United States often ignore the factors that have retarded such outflows to date. This study offers a holistic view of individual decisions to migrate. Most people care about the public services they receive as well as the taxes they pay, and many also care about the civic nature of the society they inhabit as well as the goods they can purchase privately. This perspective influences the assessment of policies as diverse as taxation, income security, public health and education, regional incentives, and social investments. A key finding is that Canadian policies should be driven by domestic objectives of equity, efficiency, and growth rather than stemming emigration or mimicking American policies. Canadian policies to spur sustained economic growth for the benefit of all Canadians should take care not to compromise the social, civic, and cultural attributes that distinguish Canada.

Date: 2001
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