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Literacy, numeracy among Canadian graduates better than OECD claimed
… About half of [Canada’s high proportion of graduates who are foreign-born or have degrees from institutions outside the country] had test scores at lower levels. In contrast, only 16 per cent of Canadian-born graduates showed poor literacy skills and 23 per cent had low levels of numeracy. The new data give postsecondary institutions much-needed ammunition against critics who are questioning whether graduates are leaving university ready for employment.
Tags: globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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The world is not awash in refugees: Open the gates
It would take a load off those much more burdened countries, and help reduce the risk of more instability in the Middle East. Canada is taking fewer refugees than it ever has, at a time when its economy needs people… we need to dispel the popular belief… that to open the gates for one crisis is to be overrun… For most of the past 20 years, international refugee numbers have been very low… taking in refugees is not just a responsibility but a way to return stability to the world… it is neither permanent nor overwhelming.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, immigration, standard of living
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Canada to open the door wider to ‘higher calibre’ immigrants
… the government will be introducing a system known as express entry to select skilled workers, who make up the largest chunk of Canada’s immigration streams… [Also]… The government will drop the requirement that nannies live with their employers during their first years in Canada… The government says it will also speed the processing of permanent residency applications from the live-in caregiver stream. The backlog was so large it could take as long as 10 years for someone to bring over relatives
Tags: economy, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Court denies federal appeal to delay reversing refugee health cuts
The changes to the Interim Federal Health Program introduced by the federal government in 2012 created tiers of health-care access. Those most affected by this were rejected refugee claimants… [Justice] Mactavish rejected the government’s claims of abuse: “It puts their lives at risk and perpetuates the stereotypical view that they are cheats and queue-jumpers.” Her decision to strike down the changes means failed refugee claimants and those from designated countries of origin will be covered again
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Why Canada avoids asking about race, and why that’s a problem
Statscan decided to choose between either race or immigration status. (The U.S. and U.K. labour force surveys manage to include both.) An alternative view is that poorer socio-economic outcomes for immigrants are easier to explain away as poorer assimilation rather than as racism. Including both race and immigration status would allow researchers to factor for assimilation effects, and focus on the impact of racial discrimination.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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Dear Canadian taxpayer: I love you
… it is you, dear taxpayer, who has made much of [my] life possible… at this very Wordsworthian-Keynesian moment of powerful fiscal feeling, I am overlooking your imperfections… I identify with your grumbling skepticism over losing half or more of your earnings to several levels of government… And yet… I still see your goodness shining through. For I have understood that without you, beloved Canadian taxpayer, there could be no me.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health, ideology, immigration, participation, standard of living, tax
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Tories strike another blow to Canada’s once-humane immigration policy
Until this month, any unmarried child of 21 or younger could qualify as a dependant under Canada’s immigration rules and be automatically accepted along with his or her parents… the government says it wants to bring the definition of dependant children in line with the Canadian standard… More importantly, the government argues that the labour market contributions of immigrants who receive their post-secondary education in Canada are significantly greater than those who are educated in their home countries.
Tags: economy, ideology, immigration, rights
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Canada tightens rules on immigrant and refugee children
As of Aug. 1, Canada is tightening the rules on which immigrant and refugee children are eligible to come to Canada with their parents. Until that date, unmarried dependants aged 21 and under could be included in their parents’ immigration or refugee applications… According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, “The amendments to the definition of dependent child respond to government priorities of having an immigration system focused on Canada’s economic and labour force needs.”
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, youth
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Social workers applaud court ruling [refugee health coverage]
Despite repeated allegations by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Chris Alexander, it is not a cost saving to treat “seriously ill” refugees in emergency departments. There is no evidence that bogus refugee claims have dropped since this policy was put in place; and it defies reason to contend that Canadians have inequitable access to health care as compared to refugees… The Harper government… must resist its repeated pattern of appealing to a higher court to deny services to vulnerable populations.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, immigration, standard of living
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