Search Results for: Immigration
Migrants find jobs, prosperity — if they stay in region
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Immigrants who stay in Atlantic Canada have higher employment levels, higher wages and face less discrimination than immigrants to other parts of Canada, yet the region struggles to attract newcomers and has the lowest retention rates in Canada.
Date: Wednesday May 2, 2018
The Unclaimed Middle Ground Between Unrestrained Fiscal Spending and Unreasonable Restraint
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No one strikes out to claim the middle ground and yet that may very well be the most prudent strategy for a balanced economic recovery. There is a path for Canada between unnecessary fiscal restraint that stymies growth and excessive large-scale spending.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Our Honourees: Celebrating 150 Years of Canadians at Home and Abroad
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...manifested itself in our immigration policy throughout our history is something that helps define us as Canadians. Q: The Habs, the Leafs or the Sens — or none of the...
Date: Monday April 17, 2017
Growth Summit II: Five Takeaways
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...1. Immigration It’s clear — Canada needs immigrants badly if it’s truly to grow its economy. Low-skilled temporary foreign workers are needed desperately in the agri-food sector as it attempts...
Date: Sunday April 23, 2017
Canada strives to position itself as an agri-food powerhouse
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...increase in workforce participation and a boost in immigration — in particular, the low-skilled temporary foreign workers who will take the jobs at agri-food outfits like abbatoirs and mushroom farms...
Date: Tuesday April 25, 2017
The Atlantic Canada Momentum Index
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...As the Public Policy Forum convincingly documents in its Atlantic Canada Momentum Index: Population? Up. Immigration? Up. GDP per capita? Up. Education, employment rate, productivity, housing starts, life satisfaction? Up....
Date: Wednesday March 22, 2023
Rachel Wernick
Person
...variety of executive roles at Canadian Heritage, the Privy Council Office, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Public Works and Government Services. Rachel’s passion for policy excellence resulted in her appointment...
Date: Tuesday October 3, 2023
Video: Watch all the panels and speakers at Growth Summit II
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...Nenshi, Mayor, City of Calgary Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity Population and Prosperity Panel Featuring moderator Marta Morgan, Deputy Minister Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the following panelists:...
Date: Friday April 28, 2017
Digitization and the Digital Divide: COVID-19 and Beyond
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The digital age has arrived and it has exposed long-standing skills gaps and inequities throughout Canadians. As the future of work becomes present, Canada's labour force and employers, educators, leaders and learners have been asked to rapidly adjust to working from home with heavy integration of automation and technology. In his first blog for the Skills for the Post Pandemic World project, Daniel Munro examines the necessary technological upskilling that is imperative to Canadian success in this new wave of change in work, education and daily living.
Date: Monday June 29, 2020
Go Big, or Go Home? Refocusing Entrepreneurship for Productive & Inclusive Growth
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Entrepreneurship has been called the backbone of the economy. Despite the popularity of hoodie-wearing CEOs and global tech innovations, broad-based entrepreneurship that fuels local productivity and helps solve real-world problems has declined across developed nations. Canada is no exception. COVID-19 has added to the challenge. As Canada recovers, how do we get entrepreneurship back on track?
Date: Wednesday March 17, 2021
Canada-China meeting: National Security and Human Rights
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...of the students want to stay in Canada, so it is also important for our immigration and a big part of our people-to-people links. // For the most part, the...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Employment Gaps and Underemployment for Racialized Groups and Immigrants in Canada
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“Foreign-sounding names” are 20 to 40 per cent less likely to get a call-back for a job interview, depending on company size. Challenges like these are faced by immigrants, racialized people, and especially women in these two groups – seemingly regardless of the job candidate’s skills. Eddy Ng and Suzanne Gagnon shine a light on some of the apparent contradictions in Canadian hiring behaviour, and bring to the light some promising solutions found in the labour-market research in this fifth Skills Next report.
Date: Monday January 27, 2020
PPF Names Award for Frank McKenna
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...Awards. The day-long Summit, which Mr. McKenna will attend, is the first public event of the PPF’s new three-year research project on immigration and retention in Atlantic Canada. Mr. McKenna will speak at the awards dinner in the evening. ...
Date: Friday November 24, 2017
Economic Equality in a Changing World: Removing Barriers to Employment for Women
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Action is needed to alleviate gender barriers: Good intentions are no longer enough. Despite efforts to improve diversity in the workplace, gender inequality remains both an issue of social justice and an equally compelling economic priority. Yet efforts to advance women’s economic inclusion continue to be hampered by the lack of access to information. This report summarizes existing research and prevailing issues surrounding gender inequality, including those exacerbated by COVID-19, and points to further research that needs to be done on initiatives to reduce gender inequalities.
Date: Friday September 25, 2020
A Labour Force Paradigm Shift
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...likely international immigration,” Mills said. Intra-provincially, Haché noted, New Brunswick is competing with the other provinces facing a similar struggle. Two different types of employers are now coming up with...
Date: Tuesday October 11, 2022