From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Canadian economic observersDate: March 26, 2025Re: We Have More Workers. Now We Have to Invest in Them As trade tensions with the United States escalate, putting tens of thousands of Canadian jobs at risk, our home-grown productivity problem continues to erode the country’s economic strength. Without a change of strategy, Canada faces […]
From: Tasnim FarihaTo: Housing watchersDate: March 25, 2025Re: Slowing Population Growth May Already Be Slowing Increases in Rents Canada’s housing sector is grappling with a multifaceted crisis characterized by soaring prices, declining affordability, and an increasing disparity between housing supply and population growth. Since 2016, home prices have surged by nearly 40 percent, contributing to […]
Published in the Financial Post From 2015 to 2023, the federal government allowed immigration levels to increase fivefold, mostly through a significant rise in temporary immigration. By mid-2024, Canada had three million non-permanent residents, representing 7.3 per cent of the country’s population — up from just 1.4 per cent in 2015. A key objective of […]
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. […]
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From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting ZhangTo: Canadian economic observersDate: March 26, 2025Re: We Have More Workers. Now We Have to Invest in Them As trade tensions with the United States escalate, putting tens of thousands of Canadian jobs at risk, our home-grown productivity problem continues to erode the country’s economic strength. Without a change of strategy, Canada faces […] 
From: Tasnim FarihaTo: Housing watchersDate: March 25, 2025Re: Slowing Population Growth May Already Be Slowing Increases in Rents Canada’s housing sector is grappling with a multifaceted crisis characterized by soaring prices, declining affordability, and an increasing disparity between housing supply and population growth. Since 2016, home prices have surged by nearly 40 percent, contributing to […] 
Published in the Financial Post From 2015 to 2023, the federal government allowed immigration levels to increase fivefold, mostly through a significant rise in temporary immigration. By mid-2024, Canada had three million non-permanent residents, representing 7.3 per cent of the country’s population — up from just 1.4 per cent in 2015. A key objective of […] 
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. […]