Tag: Immigration
Changing migration management
Canada’s experience with managing migration has a long history, beginning with the powers assigned to provinces and the federal government under the Constitution Act of 1867. The federal government assumes leadership in the policy arena although Quebec has its own program and provinces are becoming more engaged in admissions. The most recent federal act, the […]
Immigration policy: ‘Committed to changes’
When I came home from working in Afghanistan in July 2009, Canada’s future looked uncertain. With hundreds of thousands out of work, with an economy sideswiped by market collapse right next door, Canada needed to get back on track. Just four short years later, the country is on a clear path to recovery. We have […]
Immigration: a policy gone wrong?
Canada’s immigration policy has often been praised as a model of how immigration programs should be managed. For many years, there was reason for this praise, but in the early part of the current decade, changes in the policy have led the federal government to lose control over the program. A brief history of how […]
Coming to Canada: An overview of immigration history
In Statistics Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey, the ethnic origin most often selected by respondents was Canadian, reported by more than 10.5 million people. It was followed by English, French, Scottish, Irish and German. Canada is often called a land of immigrants. And it is true that all Canadians are either from somewhere else, or […]
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