February 25, 2025 – Canada’s expansive immigration policy from 2016 to 2024 has expanded the labour force but has also increased demand for goods, services, and infrastructure, more likely sustaining or even increasing overall labour shortages rather than easing them, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Immigration Paradox: How […]
Study in Brief This study investigates the effects of Canada’s expansive immigration policy, implemented between 2016 and 2024, on labour shortages. It explores how the influx of permanent and temporary immigrants has affected the balance between labour supply and demand, with attention to whether the policy has met one of its key objectives – alleviating […]
 Canada is squandering a vital resource in its skilled immigrants. On this episode of the CDHI podcast with Michael Hainsworth, two C.D. Howe Institute immigration experts discuss this and explain the importance of tearing down barriers to labour mobility.
Canada is squandering a vital resource in its skilled immigrants. On this episode of the CDHI podcast with Michael Hainsworth, two C.D. Howe Institute immigration experts discuss this and explain the importance of tearing down barriers to labour mobility.
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Labour force watchersDate: February 5, 2025Re: Canada’s Missed Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Immigrant Talent Canada is squandering a vital resource in its skilled immigrants. Newcomers drive population and workforce growth, which makes their full integration into the labour market more critical than ever. Yet many are trapped in roles far below their […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. Canada is squandering a vital resource: its skilled immigrants. Newcomers drive population and work-force growth, which makes their full integration into the labour market more critical than ever. Yet many are trapped in roles far below their qualifications. Over a quarter of recent immigrants (26.7 per cent) with a […]
Although the year-over-year rise in the unemployment rate suggests a weakening Canadian labour market, the reality is that Canada has a dynamic and robust labour market characterized by extraordinary labour force growth and steady employment gains.
To: Our Faithful Readers Date: January 2, 2025 Re: Intelligence Memos: 2024 in Review Intelligence memos are a key way C.D. Howe Institute researchers share their insights about current events. And 2024 had no shortage of material: Canada’s healthcare struggles, housing affordability, the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight, a host of questionable fiscal policies from Ottawa and the […]
With 2024 almost behind us, Michael Hainsworth shares some of the CDHI podcast’s most fascinating interviews and policy conversations during the course of a tumultuous year. Featuring: Wilbur Ross, Conrad Black, Martha Hall Findlay, John Baird, John Manley, Jason Kenney, John Tory, Mitzie Hunter, Rosalie Wyonch, Jane Philpott, Michelle Alexopoulos, Jeremy Kronick, Heather Evans, A.J. […]
 University-educated immigrants, especially recent arrivals, face disproportionately high rates of overqualification for their jobs compared to non-immigrants. This issue persists across various immigrant groups, with family-class immigrants and refugees experiencing particularly high levels. Immigrants can end up in jobs not matching their education level because of barriers to foreign credential recognition, lack of Canadian […]
From: Christopher Worswick To: Concerned Canadians Date: December 9, 2024 Re: Let’s Grab a Labour Mobility Win from the Trump Trade Turbulence Last month Donald Trump said he’d impose a 25-percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico. Next, he reportedly joked that, if Canada cannot bear the economic consequences of the tariff, then it should become America’s “51st state.” […]
Over the past 10 years, provincial and territorial healthcare spending has increased across all age groups. Drilling deeper, in 2022, people over 75 years of age accounted for 29 percent of public health spending – a figure that hasn’t changed since 2012 despite a higher share of the population and increases in per capita spending. […]
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Study in Brief This study investigates the effects of Canada’s expansive immigration policy, implemented between 2016 and 2024, on labour shortages. It explores how the influx of permanent and temporary immigrants has affected the balance between labour supply and demand, with attention to whether the policy has met one of its key objectives – alleviating […] 
 Canada is squandering a vital resource in its skilled immigrants. On this episode of the CDHI podcast with Michael Hainsworth, two C.D. Howe Institute immigration experts discuss this and explain the importance of tearing down barriers to labour mobility. 
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Labour force watchersDate: February 5, 2025Re: Canada’s Missed Opportunity: The Untapped Potential of Immigrant Talent Canada is squandering a vital resource in its skilled immigrants. Newcomers drive population and workforce growth, which makes their full integration into the labour market more critical than ever. Yet many are trapped in roles far below their […] 
Although the year-over-year rise in the unemployment rate suggests a weakening Canadian labour market, the reality is that Canada has a dynamic and robust labour market characterized by extraordinary labour force growth and steady employment gains. 
To: Our Faithful Readers Date: January 2, 2025 Re: Intelligence Memos: 2024 in Review Intelligence memos are a key way C.D. Howe Institute researchers share their insights about current events. And 2024 had no shortage of material: Canada’s healthcare struggles, housing affordability, the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight, a host of questionable fiscal policies from Ottawa and the […] 
With 2024 almost behind us, Michael Hainsworth shares some of the CDHI podcast’s most fascinating interviews and policy conversations during the course of a tumultuous year. Featuring: Wilbur Ross, Conrad Black, Martha Hall Findlay, John Baird, John Manley, Jason Kenney, John Tory, Mitzie Hunter, Rosalie Wyonch, Jane Philpott, Michelle Alexopoulos, Jeremy Kronick, Heather Evans, A.J. […] 
From: Christopher Worswick To: Concerned Canadians Date: December 9, 2024 Re: Let’s Grab a Labour Mobility Win from the Trump Trade Turbulence Last month Donald Trump said he’d impose a 25-percent tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico. Next, he reportedly joked that, if Canada cannot bear the economic consequences of the tariff, then it should become America’s “51st state.” […] 
Over the past 10 years, provincial and territorial healthcare spending has increased across all age groups. Drilling deeper, in 2022, people over 75 years of age accounted for 29 percent of public health spending – a figure that hasn’t changed since 2012 despite a higher share of the population and increases in per capita spending. […]