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

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

Author(s) -

Ferrer Ana M.,

Picot Garnett,

Riddell William Craig

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international migration review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.109

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1747-7379

pISSN - 0197-9183

DOI - 10.1111/imre.12121

Subject(s) - immigration , boom , immigration policy , economic shortage , commodity , political science , development economics , demographic economics , economics , economic growth , government (linguistics) , market economy , linguistics , philosophy , environmental engineering , law , engineering

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.

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