While the federal immigration system has been criticized for putting emphasis on post-secondary education when judging candidates
as economic immigrants, Manitoba has designed its nominee program to focus on skill shortages in its own labour market.
The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses
of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage.
It often takes time
for economic immigrants to find proper jobs because of a lack of recognition of foreign credentials, real or perceived language or cultural competency issues, and / or the lack of Canadian work experience.
Although the specific criteria for
choosing economic immigrants have changed over the years, the criteria are always based on desired skills and an ability to contribute to Canada's economy.
«With this film, I try to do my best to shatter the European way of only seeing refugees as either pitiful victims or
arrogant economic immigrants invading our societies merely to steal our jobs, our wives, our homes and our cars,» Kaurismäki said in a statement.
Original information from CIC Canada: Offering «Express Entry» to Qualified Economic Immigrants
«Refugees that are actually employed, their incomes were on a par
with economic immigrants, very much contradicting this notion that refugees are coming and acting as a drain for taxpayers and a drain on the Canadian economy,» [Sharry Aiken, who teaches refugee law at Queen's University] said.
With «Express Entry,» employers will deeply involve in
selecting economic immigrants and providing advice to the Government of Canada regarding the labour needs.
The claim that refugees make as much
as economic immigrants is limited to «refugees that are actually employed.»
Each year, the majority
of economic immigrants to Canada apply under the Canada Experience Class and Federal Skilled Worker Program.
These economic immigrants primarily come from China, the Philippines, and India.
Alternatively, if your current work permit is set to expire soon, you may also qualify or soon be qualified to apply for Canadian permanent residence as
an economic immigrant.
Like the audience at Austin's talk, many of these newcomers are
economic immigrants, meaning they have the skills, entrepreneurial spirit, and abilities to contribute to the Canadian economy.
Their annual earnings eventually reach a level closer to
economic immigrants to Canada, in the $ 30,000 range, he said.
Immigration categories are shown for the three main groups of permanent residents — family class,
economic immigrants, and refugees — as well as for «other» immigrants who do not qualify in any of these categories.
The economic immigrant category includes skilled workers, business immigrants, provincial or territorial nominees, live - in caregivers and Canadian Experience Class.