...New Visa Norms to act on a positive note for the Canadian government People who are waiting to get their visa for working in Canada have to go through the new eligibility requirements for the year 2014. Especially for the skilled worker segment, the new eligibility rules are important, as it has been modified to suit the requirement of the Canadian government. The experts are stating that, the new changes in the eligibility criteria are for the betterment of the economic conditions of Canada. The rules, which have been changed, will give those skilled workers a chance that is capable to contribute to the enhancement of economic condition. According to the Canadian immigration minister, Jason Kenny, the immigration services will be starting for the year 2014 on May 4 and will disclose the new changes in the immigration rules. (Bells, 2014) Even the Canadian government has clearly stated that, the new changes, which have been implemented in the visa process, will give chance to the young generation who are capable to support the present and future economic conditions. According to the experts, the requirement of young and eligible candidates is because of people retiring from different job sectors. With possible forecast of job expansion, it has become a concern for the Canadian government because of which they are expecting to hire younger candidates more so that they can sustain to suit the requirement of the companies willing to expand their business workings...
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...The Economic Impact of Immigration Within Canada There has been an appeal in immigrating to Canada ever since the early 1800’s, but only in the past seventy years have we seen drastic changes in domestic immigration law and policy. Most notably Canada has received recognition for its Immigration Act of 1976 as well as our current Immigration and Refugee Protection Act from 2002. Canadian immigration is still evolving today and currently Canada is known as a country with a broad immigration policy that is reflected in the countries ethnic diversity. Policy goals, selectivity and trade are three prominent aspects of Canadian immigration that I have found compelling journal articles written on. Although every aspect of immigration has its differences, they all similarly share a united end common goal of further benefiting Canada. Economics is a similarity that plays a large role in each aspect and article, from strategically selecting immigrants that will quickly economically assimilate to using immigration to increase trade flow from foreign countries. Although in contrast – the article that I have found to obtain the most compelling argument on Canadian immigration policy is the one that disagrees with using immigration solely for economic means, it implicitly states that immigration policy should not solely be seen in economic benefits but that it should be seen as primarily a cultural, social and humanitarian policy opposed to an economic one. In the first article I examined...
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...NP ltd | Policy Brief | Canadian Immigration Reform: Macroeconomic Impacts | | | 7/28/2014 | | Table of Contents 1.0 Executive summary 2.0 Distribution List 3.0 Introduction 4.1 History 4.2 Policy 4.3 Federal Skilled Worker Program 4.4 Temporary Foreign Worker Program 4.0 Policy Outcomes 5.5 Labour Supply 5.6 Keynesian Theory – Aggregate Supply and Demand 5.7 Demands for Goods and Service 5.8 ADI/IA – Aggregate Demand and Inflation 5.9 Aggregate Supply 5.10 Multiplier effect 5.11 Money market 5.12 Short Term/Long Term Immigration Impacts on GDP 5.0 Policy Recommendations 1.0 Executive Summary The World Bank (2014) identifies Canada as having the 11th largest economy in the world with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $1.82 trillion in 2013 with a population of 35 million (Canada 2013). Immigration has been a crucial element of the development and generation of revenue for the country. Skilled workers play a vital role in the growth of the Canadian economy and range from general skilled workers, professionals as well as business immigrants and foreign investors. There is evidence demonstrating that immigrants do experience some challenges assimilating and this does cause some fiscal burden as more social support is required. Delays integrating into the social system impact numerous social resources...
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...economic and trade relations with emerging economies have any consequences for immigration systems in Canada? This topic and interview were based on a research project that the interviewer was working on. The emerging economies in question were Brazil, Russia, Indian, China, Turkey and Indonesia. The study endeavoured to look into current and past multilateral collaborations on migration between Canada and these countries. The specific areas of concern were labour, tourism, business, students, family, security, asylum, irregular migration and the specific policies in these areas. In Canada, immigration is a major societal nation-building exercise. Apart from Aboriginals the rest of the population arrived in Canada through immigration at one point or the other. Immigration policies are in tandem with social and economic goals of the country. The fundamental issue is to ensure immigration works to Canada’s advantage. Before and after 2006 the emphasis was on the economic side of immigration: education, language and skills that made immigrants ready for the job market. Canadian citizens support immigration policies. Before 1950, policies favoured European immigrants. Later, individuals who wanted to settle permanently in Canada were targeted. Currently, there is no discrimination on nationality. Asians, especially those from India and China contribute the largest number of immigrants. Temporary immigration involves visitors, international students and temporary foreign workers...
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...Understanding Pro-Immigration Attitudes in Canada In September 2015, Denmark’s immigration ministry published an advertisement in several newspapers in Lebanon, a country that hosts over one million Syrian refugees, to discourage refugees from coming to Denmark. The ad listed many reasons that portray Denmark as a wrong destination for refugees (Denmark advert in Lebanon, 2015). Although it was not stated explicitly, the message was very clear: refugees are not welcome in Denmark. This negative attitude towards immigrants is not exclusive to Denmark. In fact, most European countries have followed suit and have shown an attitude that ranges from reluctant to hostile. Even in a country like the United States that has been known as a “nation of...
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...does it take to become a Canadian? Becoming a Canadian is a tedious task and most people of foreign countries immigrate to new countries just to have better conditions for their future generations. Whenever immigrating, it gives people the sense of new experiences and most the people who have high degrees or high skill levels are more likely to be accepted in countries. Instead, Canada’s immigration laws in fact make it unjust for the people who immigrate as it shows discrimination towards them, strict opportunities and increase the stress of the lives of these newcomers. To start with, the foreigner laws of Canada display discrimination towards particular groups of people making them feel excluded. In Canada, discrimination is shown...
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...causing migration. Migration trends also need to be understood in terms of the characteristics of immigrating groups. In so doing the cause behind the migration of these groups becomes evident. This research tackles the factors causing immigration whilst paying special attention to the role played by government policy and state action. This is mainly because emigration and immigration have, over the years, become state affairs transcending the personal requirements of individuals. Countries have adopted strict laws, policies and protocols that guide the emigration and immigration processes. The paper established a deep correlation between these laws, policies and protocols and the migration patterns. This was after analysis of available migration statistics as well as government policy and state action. The latter was found to have a rooted influence on the former either directly or indirectly. In the direct influence, government policy presents a push or pull factor that necessitated migration. In the indirect influence, government policies affect other push or pull factors that in turn accept migration. Thesis Statement The current government policies, laws and protocols coupled with relevant state action impact the global emigration and immigration trends. In order to fully address the thesis statement, the research paper is organised into three sections that...
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...History of immigration goes back decades in American History. The founding fathers of America could be considered immigrants. According to MPI, Migration Policy Institute almost 41 million immigrants, or 13% of the total population, are present in the United States of America is known as the melting pot of the world because people of all nationalities and backgrounds dream to land in America for a slice of the freedom we, as Americans, so effortlessly boost and pride ourselves in. In the present day, immigration remains a hot topic among citizens and legislation. The current policy in place is rather complex and can be conf ing for majority of the time. The issue of taking in migrants is practically non-existent. The current policy in place can be summarized into the following standards: “the reunification of families, admitting immigrants with skills the benefit the United States economy, protecting refugees, and promotion of diversity.” (American Immigration Council, 2014) While many may agree that the current system does not work for the size of the issue immigration proves to be; the Commander in Chief has a plan to try to fix what seems to be broken. The President’s plan, President Obama’s Common-Sense Immigration Reform, consists of four main principles. Those principles are continuing to strengthen border security, cracking down on employers that hire undocumented workers, create a path to earned citizenship, and finally streamlining the legal immigration systems. Moving...
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...growth, new expectations of women, and the immigration policy. Key changes to Canadian culture in the 1950’s and 1960’s had a significant impact on Canada. These key changes include social changes, mass media, and also immigration and citizens. Some of the social changes in Canada faces in the 50’s and 60’s included the Baby Boom, changes to women’s roles, urbanization and suburbia. The Baby Boom was a very significant social change that Canada had to face from 1945 to 1967. Just in those twenty two years Canada’s population grew fifty percent, from twelve million to eighteen million due to the children being born post-World War Two....
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...Canadian Immigration Debate Debate Question: Should the Canadian immigration and refugee legislation/policies be changed to reflect current world situations? Why or why not? What factors influence immigration policies in Canada (i.e., education, economic, political, health, security)? The groups that we divide our immigrants into are economic immigrants (people coming to work or study in Canada), family class (people who are coming to their families), other (immigrants coming for compassionate and humane reasons), and refugees (people escaping war or in need of protection). These all determine if you can come in, you can apply to enter Canada and you can apply to a variety of programs. Specifications that may deny you access to Canada are if...
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...Integration to Canadian Society This paper will examine the difficulties immigrants have when they arrive in Canada with respect to assimilation of language, transferability of education in finding a job in Canada and training that exists for the newly landed immigrant. We will also touch the difficulties it poses for Canadian citizens in dealing with this influx of immigrants into our urbanized centers. Anglo Canadians have quickly become a minority and continue to become a shrinking minority. Immigrants arriving to Canada in most cases believe that they have made the right choice to leave their homeland in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their children. After all Canada has a global reputation as being one of the best countries in the world for many reasons. There is free healthcare available and educational opportunities if so desired as well as many provincial social services in place to help new immigrants transition into Canadian society. Some immigrants leave there come country because of instability within their government causing national unrest and dangerous circumstances for ordinary citizens. In other cases immigration can occur simply because they are seeking a better opportunities in life. Up until 1960’s “Canada’s immigration objective was to attract more British and American immigrants, as well as immigrants from the “preferred countries” of central and northern Europe” [4] Canada’s immigration policy after 1960 has historically been very relaxed...
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...Immigration and Canada’s Aging Demographic With more people living longer and having fewer children, can the arrival of immigrants help to stabilize the balance between generations? Immigrants play an important role in supporting programs that maintain an aging work force but immigration may not be able to relieve Canada of the challenges of an aging population. One in seven Canadians is a senior citizen, 13.7% of the Canadian population was over 65 in 2006, with the fastest growing group being seniors aged 85 years or old (Soc. p. 278). The proportion of seniors will double by 2031, totalling around 25% of the population (Soc. p. 278) In September 2005, Statistics Canada released a study on the population of Canada. This report gave a detailed picture of past, present and future population trends. Understanding population trends is important to the running of social and economic systems and plays an important role in determining government policy. The report contains a warning that Ottawa and other levels of government in Canada need to make some dramatic policy changes to meet the demographic challenges of the future. The Statistics Canada Report shows that Canada’s fertility rate is 1.5 children per female. With Canada’s aging population of “baby boomers” it means that in twenty years death may outpace births. This means as Canadians we are not even “replacing” ourselves. As a result, the growth rate in our population will change from increases to an actual decrease...
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...Centuries of Immigration to North America The focal point of this chapter is strong similarities in the immigration traditions of both countries over past two centuries along with differences in approach due to geography and economy of both countries. North America experienced major waves of immigration during the colonial era, the first part of the 19th century and from the 1880s to 1920. Many immigrants came to North America seeking greater economic opportunity, while some, such as the Pilgrims in the early 1600s, arrived in search of religious freedom. The first significant federal legislation restricting immigration was the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Individual states regulated immigration prior to the 1892 opening of Ellis Island,...
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...Assignment 2 CANADIAN HISTORY: THE NATIONAL PERIOD Canada have always have taken pride in the fact that it is the land of multicultural and opportunity. Historically, those who had opposed or hated found sanctuary in the Canada. The tradition of pluralism that have began in the colonial era, continued through the nineteen century and on. People from Europe, Asia and Africa viewed Canada as Land of Opportunity, away from tranny and oppression. This however changed as nation moved in to late nineteen century and early twenty century. There was resistance against immigrants and World War I, definitely did not help due to both the social and economical issues that arose with increase of immigration, the Canadian government became involved in limiting immigration, based on their racist belief of white supremacy and other factors. The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 is one of the documented law mirror the measures taken by Parliament of Canada banning most forms of Chinese Immigration of Canada. During the year between 1880- 1925 great tension aroused in Canadian because if immigration. Those tension mainly due to racism and unsatisfied workers that felt that immigrants were taking over the Canadian work environments and policies led to increasingly stricter government regulations on immigration. During the late 19 Century the some 15,000 laborers were brought from China to do construction work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, though they were only paid a third...
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...of Citizenship and Immigration 1. 2. 3. 9 Simpson J. certified the following as a “serious question of general importance” under s. 83(1) of the Immigration Act: “Given that the Immigration Act does not expressly incorporate the language of Canada’s international obligations with respect to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, must federal immigration authorities treat the best interests of the Canadian child as a primary consideration in assessing an applicant under s. 114(2) of the Immigration Act?” 4. 5. 6. There are several factors in which determine the content of procedural fairness, according to the Supreme Court. As written in Knight v. Indian Head School Division No.19, ,(1990), “the concept of procedural fairness is eminently variable and its content is to be decided in the specific context of each case”. This refers to the basis that there are no two cases alike, thus there is no standard definition for what is fair in all cases, as fairness varies according to the circumstances. The duty of procedural fairness is to make sure that decisions made on the administrative level are done so in a manner that is fair, and appropriate to the context in which the decision is being based on. 7. 8. 9. 10. In making their decision, immigration officers are forced to make H&C decisions, (Humanitarian and Compassionate considerations). The immigration officers who make...
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