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Open the doors
Economic-class immigrants, who gain entry into Canada primarily in recognition of their marketable skills, education, work experience and official-language fluency; family-reunification immigrants… and refugees. Statscan data show that skilled workers in the economic class earn very close to the national median after two years in the country, but family-class newcomers earn, on average, more than 40 per cent less… Government-sponsored refugees earn more than 60 per cent below the national median.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Hysteria from Conservatives over harmless motion on Islamophobia
We live in a time both of much more widespread and open expressions of racism — thanks, internet — and of acute hypersensitivity to rude or even frank speech of all kinds. Each feeds off the other. But the alternative to “political correctness” is not bigotry and intolerance, and the answer to racism is not censorship. Indeed, we have too much of that already… The burden of proof is always on those who wish to restrict freedom to show why they must.
Tags: featured, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, rights
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Census reminds us of importance of immigrants to Canada’s future
Population growth is key to maintaining both the labour force and the sources of innovation and entrepreneurship we need for economic success. Open immigration policies, economic prospects and a still-strong social safety… our future prosperity likely depends on our keeping it that way. As our population ages, and our birth-rate declines, we must continue to welcome newcomers from all over the world, not only out of moral duty, but also economic necessity.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, immigration, participation, standard of living
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Finland’s social climbers: How they’re fighting inequality with education, and winning
Canada can learn from Finland’s even more comprehensive approach to ensuring that the most deprived children get the same education as the most privileged; it’s not perfect, but it represents a different, and potentially valuable, approach… education systems keep appearing in studies of social mobility… compulsory-schooling laws have a huge effect: With each extra year of required schooling, the lifetime wealth of individuals increases by about 15 per cent.
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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The last liberals
… though there are some misgivings, some 80% of Canadians think immigrants are good for the economy… Two linked factors bolster this pro-immigrant feeling. One is a matter of geography… The second is a matter of policy. Canada’s points system gives the government a way to admit only the sort of people it thinks the country needs. This ability to regulate the influx fosters public approval… Another reason why Canadians are not worried about immigration is that they feel less insecure… Poverty has fallen sharply since the mid-1990s.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Why Canada has avoided an anti-trade, anti-immigration backlash
If declining incomes fuel anti-globalization… then what sets Canada apart is its recent income gains… More than 70 per cent of men aged 55 to 64 had full-time jobs in 1976; 20 years later, that ratio had fallen to less than 50 per cent. The only bright spot was provided by women. Even though their incomes were (and are) still less than men’s, they did see some income growth… enough to offset men’s losses
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, participation, women
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Liberals should be bold in tackling challenges of second year
Reassert federal leadership in health care. There’s a crying need for more money in areas such as homecare… Simply handing over cash won’t buy change. The federal government should insist on national standards in this area. – Get pharmacare on the national agenda… – Fix Bill C-51, the fatally flawed anti-terror bill… Match rhetoric with action in fixing relations with indigenous people.
Tags: economy, Health, immigration, Indigenous, pharmaceutical
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Harvesting freedom and sowing resistance: Migrant workers in Canada demand permanent immigration status
Workers… are being brought in from other parts of the world to do the jobs that no one wants to do, they are treated as sub-human and forced to return home, many times as injured bodies. There is nothing temporary about this program, as some workers have been working in them for as long as 25 or 30 years. We have to do better… introduce legislation which makes room for permanent status for all migrant workers.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Immigration critical to Canada’s future prosperity
… a major new report released last week by the Conference Board of Canada… concluded that immigration levels need to rise steadily until they reach 408,000 annually by 2030 in order to help the growth of the labour force and generate higher economic growth. It even suggested Canada will need a population of 100 million by the end of the century to ensure economic health… a larger Canadian population cannot totally offset the effects of an aging population, but it can soften the impact.
Tags: globalization, immigration, participation, standard of living
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How much diversity do Canadians want?
Newcomers are going to move to where the jobs and opportunities are. They are going to compete for housing and health care and teachers and other public goods and services that are sometimes in short supply… in liberal discourse, any resistance to immigration on any grounds makes you a racist, and any questions about immigration policy are perceived as illegitimate. People get frustrated by that.
Tags: globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation
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