Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own

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Page Title:Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/inflated-expectations-more-immigrants-cant-solve-canadas-aging-problem-their-own/
Published Date:March 13, 2018
Accessed Date:February 12, 2025

Higher immigration can ease, but not entirely mitigate, the impacts of demographic change on the workforce, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own” authors William B.P. Robson and Parisa Mahboubi encourage governments to adopt policies to complement immigration that are necessary for Canada to meet its demographic challenge.

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