Our continued prosperity depends on an expanded and effective immigration system
With the recent announcement of immigration targets the government has taken an important step in the right direction. The next step is more challenging and requires sufficiently resourced processes to facilitate timely immigration and, most importantly, settlement support systems to ensure new residents and citizens have the best opportunity to integrate and contribute to society.
Canada’s population is aging, its workforce shrinking, and productivity is declining. If we do not take steps to reverse these trends now, Canada will not have the human resources to sustain the very things that we cherish as a country—our health care and education systems or the...
