Express Entry Program is a new
Canadian economic immigration program, which will help people from different countries to immigrate to Maple Leaf Country.
Not exact matches
The significant age difference in
immigration - readiness suggests that
Canadian youth feel the
economic climate is particularly ill - suited to their needs, meaning that the country could face brain drain if the right opportunities present themselves elsewhere.
Originally announced in December by
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, the changes to Canada's Federal Skilled Worker Program aim to improve the
economic suitability of new
Canadians.
Mr. Laurier's record of governance includes liberalizing
immigration policy to populate the country particularly in the new western provinces, supporting the construction of transportation infrastructure to bolster
economic development and export growth, steadily reducing tariff rates to provide Canada with a tax advantage relative to the United States, and pursuing free trade and market access for
Canadian goods and services.
And while
Canadians may take pride in more engagement in crisis issues affecting people around the world, when it comes to
immigration, they take a practical view, overwhelmingly titling towards policy based that puts Canada's
economic needs before humanitarian considerations:
We should aim to have a reform that speaks to our democratic ideals at least as much as our
economic ones: we should wish for an
immigration policy that is «good for Canada», that is, good for
Canadian democracy.
This includes a planned targeted increase in the
Economic immigration categories (including the Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program,
Canadian Experience Class and Provincial Nominee Programs) and an increase in the Family
immigration categories (including spouses, partners and children, and parents and grandparents).
The arbitrariness of how this could be applied, and the feeble protections
Canadian citizenship now provides, means that Canada may have difficulty in the future attracting
economic investment and maintaining our
immigration levels.
But
Canadian immigration is not premised by
economic factors alone.