New Directions in Immigration Policy: Canada's Evolving Approach to the Selection of Economic Immigrants

Ana Ferrer, Garnett Picot () and W. Craig Riddell
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Garnett Picot: Institute for Research on Public Policy, and Research and Evaluation Branch, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

No 8682, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Canada's immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include (1) a desire to improve the economic outcomes of entering immigrants; (2) an attempt to better respond to short-term regional labor market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire to shift immigration away from the three largest cities to other regions of the country. These goals reflect the implementation of new immigration programs in the 2000s. The paper discusses the recent changes to Canadian immigration policy, examines preliminary evaluations of the new programs and discusses potential future issues emanating from the changes.

Keywords: human capital; points system; immigrant selection; immigration policy; migration; temporary foreign workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J24 J61 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2014-11
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Published - published in: International Migration Review, 2014, 48 (3), 846-867

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