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Canada needs a bold pro-growth strategy for both pandemic recovery and a successful future
Sunday, November 15th, 2020
… we need to remove the barriers that prevent some of our citizens from realizing their potential. This includes a stronger income-security framework and skills programs that are better aligned with labour market needs. Affordable and accessible child care that… can improve the participation of women in the labour force, and help close the gender pay gap. Greater workplace accessibility for disabled Canadians can also add workers. Improved integration of newcomers into the economy through better recognition of skills, education and qualifications can increase labour productivity…
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Canada needs a permanent fix for its abuse-prone caregiver programs
Friday, November 6th, 2020
A clear and sustainable long-term caregiver program must be developed. Government must do away with flimsy pilot programs that only confuse our caregivers. There is a clear demand for caregivers in Canada and the vocationdeserves its own permanent place in the immigration system.
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, immigration, standard of living, women
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Thanks to Quebec millennials, another referendum isn’t looming
Sunday, November 1st, 2020
… Among those age 55 and older, there is a big difference between francophone Quebeckers and people in the rest of Canada in the proportion saying their provincial government best represents their interests; among those under 40, this difference has disappeared… the differences between the outlooks of young adults in different parts of Canada have never been as small as they are today. Our historically weak transnational ties have been getting stronger under the radar.
Tags: ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, multiculturalism
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Canada aims to accept far more immigrants in next three years
Sunday, November 1st, 2020
Immigrants are needed to reduce labour shortages in Canada and to pay taxes to help sustain health care and other services. But the pandemic forced Canada to close its borders to all non-essential travellers… Immigration and refugee experts welcomed the move to grant permanent residency to those already in the country… “people who are already educated here, or have work experience here, or at least have lived here… These are people who are already demonstrating their genuine interest in Canada”
Tags: economy, immigration
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The resilient city: Why Canadian metropolises will thrive despite the pandemic
Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Previous urban pandemics have spawned major changes to the shape of the city… All big cities now face a similar moment, but the locus of contemporary intervention has to shift from the inner city to the inner suburbs, and its focus broadened from needed physical and mobility improvements to an action plan that places income support, social services, education and training at its heart.
Tags: economy, Health, housing, immigration, participation, poverty
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Canada needs to walk the talk on migrant rights
Thursday, August 27th, 2020
Migration, and specifically the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers, is a global story as much as it is a national one… What we do at home affects how we are seen elsewhere… By truly improving migration standards at home and acting on the international commitments it has made to protect the most vulnerable, Canada will build healthier communities and stronger economies – at home and abroad.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, participation, rights
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COVID-19 will make the global baby bust even worse – but Canada stands to benefit
Monday, August 10th, 2020
In a future darkened by societal aging and the economic fallout from COVID-19, immigrants aren’t just the best solution; they’re our only solution… The median age of a Canadian… is 41 and rising. We don’t have the young people to pay taxes that we used to… the strong support for diversity among young people as an encouraging long-term trend… in the years to come, we’ll need all the young people we can get.
Tags: economy, featured, immigration, standard of living
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We must go back and fetch our forgotten Black history
Friday, July 31st, 2020
Canada’s strategically crafted narrative has created a framework within which racial inequities have simultaneously been upheld and delegitimized through the erasure of Black experiences. It’s actually quite ingenious. If we can’t identify the roots of our systems of oppression, we will never dismantle them. If we don’t recognize the whole of our history, we will never learn from it.
Tags: featured, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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After court ruling, Ottawa should suspend refugee agreement with U.S.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Canada can no longer outsource decisions on who deserves asylum to an American system that is far from safe… “the accounts of the detainees (in the U.S.) demonstrate both physical and psychological suffering because of detention, and a real risk that they will not be able to assert asylum claims.” … as the Safe Third Country Agreement… applies only at official ports of entry, many thousands of would-be refugees crossed on foot at other points, flooding Canada’s refugee system.
Tags: globalization, immigration, jurisdiction, rights
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Canadian court says Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S. violates charter
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
“The ‘sharing of responsibility’ objective of the STCA should entail some guarantee of access to a fair refugee process.” The court said the fact that STCA returnees are jailed by U.S. authorities, does not immunize the actions of Canadian officials from consideration… critics have long argued that the U.S. asylum system is cruel and inhumane, especially under the Trump administration.
Tags: immigration, jurisdiction, rights
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