Moving Parts: Immigration Policy, Internal Migration and Natural Resource Shocks

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Page Title:Moving Parts: Immigration Policy, Internal Migration and Natural Resource Shocks – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Moving Parts: Immigration Policy, Internal Migration and Natural Resource Shocks
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/moving-parts-immigration-policy-internal-migration-and-natural-resource/
Published Date:March 10, 2016
Accessed Date:February 13, 2025

Recent changes to Canadian immigration policy, including the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, are positive overall, but they could have negative consequences that need addressing, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “Moving Parts: Immigration Policy, Internal Migration and Natural Resource Shocks,” authors Michel Beine, Robin W. Boadway and Serge Coulombe note that changes to the TFW Program have limited the kinds of workers companies can bring in, made the applications more rigorous, and set an employer-specific cap on the use of TFWs. 

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