On International Migrants Day Let’s Have Honest Conversation About Immigration
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While our public is generally supportive of immigration, the recently unveiled 3-year immigration plan has prompted some of its critics to renew their push back - with claims that our immigration policy is out of control and is based on the "myths of helping our economy, strengthening the labour force and alleviating
Picking up on these concerns, some commentators claim that our immigration policy is out of control and is unequal to the task of solving
In addition to a responsive immigration system, we also need an education system that trains students and upskills displaced workers for the evolving labour market, private and public-sector investments in new technologies that improve productivity, and social supports for families who wish to have multiple children. Changes to employee and employer attitudes around flexible careers (part-time, job sharing, longer careers, etc.) are other important factors.
Immigration does help the economy, and in BC alone the province projects over 250,000 job openings will go unfilled if we do not bring in immigrants with the skills and talents employers need. But these skills and talents are not unique to one kind of immigrant. It is not just principal applicants in our economic immigration programs who go to work.
In terms of economic attainment, newcomers eventually reach the same levels as their Canadian-born peers. A recent report by the
Most importantly, immigrants bring diverse perspectives and new ideas to the workplace, helping increase business revenue and productivity. In fact, a new study of more than 7,900 Canadian workplaces in 14 industrial sectors revealed that just a 1 % increase in ethnocultural diversity was associated with an average 2.4% increase in revenue and a 0.5% increase in workplace productivity. This relationship was strongest in sectors that depend on creativity and innovation.
So how do we maximize the diversity dividends immigrants bring to
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