Improving Canada's Immigration Policy

Charles Beach, Alan Green and Christopher Worswick

No 87, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: As labour markets change, the question arises whether Canada’s immigration policy – and our “point system” in particular – is doing a good job of identifying potential immigrants who will fare well on arrival in Canada.

Keywords: economic growth and innovation; immigration point system; Canadian immigration policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J61 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2009-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab and nep-mig
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, September 2009

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