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Dan Wallbank -
December 11, 2019 |
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Sara Urquia-Gomez -
December 5, 2019 |
| Thank you for diving into this important topic! As always, love the graphs and sturcture of the report. |
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Allison Mullaly -
August 21, 2019 |
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Tom Wiedemann -
August 19, 2019 |
Extensive and useful information. However, I miss a definition of "immigration" in the report as well as an explanation why the numbers in the report text are different from the charts. While the text speaks about a target of "300 000 today", the chart only shows just under 200 000 for 2018 (chart 1). Did you use different definitions of "immigration"? Has the target been missed?
The numbers also show emigration numbers of just under 100 000 / year. That seems rather high to me, for an immigration country. I would have liked to see this included in the study as well. Are these recent immigrants who decided to move on to another country because they did not find enough opportunities in Canada? Does Canada have a problem retaining highly skilled immigrants?
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Conference Board of Canada - Hi Tom,
We really appreciate the review. We wanted to point out that the data in Chart 1 represent the annual contributions to Canada’s labour force from the various demographic cohorts. So they are a portion of the immigration numbers and not the actual immigration numbers. You’re correct about the levels of immigration, we had assumed about 300,000 today rising slowly to about 1 per cent of population over the long term. Thank you. Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist
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Adefemi Adegeye -
July 8, 2019 |
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Shawn Mahon -
June 27, 2019 |
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Stuart Kidd -
June 3, 2019 |
| Thank you for excellent article. I would prefer more attention on the political aspect. Canada needs skilled immigrant workers, however the present system concentrates on immigrants who may vote for certain parties once they obtain citizenship. The present politicians are responsible, however some blame the new immigrant who may not possess the skills to find work in our country. |
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Luiza Garcia -
May 30, 2019 |
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Tangerine Simon -
May 26, 2019 |
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Kathlyn Palafox -
May 26, 2019 |
Solution-oriented!
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Olena Bykova -
May 23, 2019 |
| Helpful report overall. I wish some space was dedicated to a discussion of the costs associated with the immigrants' imperfect transition into Canada's labour market (e.g., occupational mismatch, issues with credentials, etc), as well as the increased pressures on public services (especially in the context of the fed-prov divide). These costs are likely taking a bite out of the projected economic gains associated with immigration. |
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Donnalynn Benoit -
May 22, 2019 |
| Accurate and relevant results, great report! |
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David Vlasblom -
May 22, 2019 |
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Rehan Ahmad -
May 15, 2019 |
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Alan Hill -
May 10, 2019 |
| I note that the paper did not address the impact on housing and related industries when population shrinks. This is a huge economical factor that policy makers must not neglect. If no new immigrants come, who will be buying houses left vacant by older residents who move into care homes or those that died. A shrinking housing market will have big adverse impact. Pity the report did not address this issue. On behalf of Lawrence Wong - Richmond LIP |
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Marcus Johnsen -
May 10, 2019 |
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Kevin Kamal -
May 5, 2019 |
| Very well researched and written, rich in quantitative data and qualitative analysis. The references to technological change/improvements and its impact on labour force was more realistic than some other literature. |
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