‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy

The government’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality when it comes to higher immigration targets and labour shortages, say three labour economists. But the Century Initiative's Lisa Lalande argues that economists who are critical of the higher immigration targets are taking a 'very narrow perspective,' and should be looking at measures of economic prosperity besides per capita income. 
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has been reworking the government's immigration policies, and setting record-high targets for the intake of economic immigrants.

The Liberal government’s move to admit record numbers of immigrants to fill a purported “labour shortage” has prompted warnings from economists with years of experience studying immigration to Canada.

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