Canada’s demographic future is at stake
Whichever party forms government after the April 28 election must put Canada’s broken immigration system at the top of the to-do list
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New immigration rules choke foreign worker supply
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Oil execs push Canada for emergency powers
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Why Canada needs more international students
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Canada’s demographic future is at stake
Commentary
By: John Ibbitson
Whichever party forms government after the April 28 election must put Canada’s broken immigration system at the top of the to-do list.
This country has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. Were it not for immigration, our population would soon start to decline, just as it’s declining in dozens of other low-fertility countries around the world.
Prejudice in Canada
New Survey Reveals Complex Web of Bias, Defying Majority-Minority Narratives across the nation