Mahboubi, Zhang – Our Underemployed Economic Immigrants: How to Stop Wasting Talent
To: Canadian immigration watchers From: Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang Date: September 6, 2023 Re: Our Underemployed Economic Immigrants: How to Stop Wasting Talent Canada consistently fails to fully utilize immigrants’ skills, which limits efforts to address labour-market needs and costs the economy. Economic immigration is Canada’s largest and most popular admission category. To make it more responsive to the […] Canada’s underemployed economic immigrants: How to stop wasting talent – Globe and Mail
Canada consistently fails to fully utilize immigrants’ skills, limiting its efforts to address labour-market needs and imposing a loss on the economy.
Economic immigration is Canada’s largest and most popular admission category. To make such immigration more responsive to labour-market needs, Canada recently launched category-based selection that prioritizes in-demand occupations facing shortages, such as those in health care and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
However, once they get to Canada, foreign-educated immigrants, particularly recent immigrants, often encounter difficulties finding employment that aligns with their qualifications, and experience …
Zhang, Mahboubi – Improving Canada’s Immigration Consulting Industry
To: The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship From: Tingting Zhang and Parisa Mahboubi Date: May 4, 2023 Re: Improving Canada’s Immigration Consulting Industry Canada plans to accept approximately 1.5 million immigrants by 2025 – an ambitious target that adds pressure throughout the system and also increases the demand for immigration consulting services. Canada currently has […] Lotin, Mahboubi – Immigration Surges Past One Million — Canada Needs a Real Count and Real Plans
From: Henry Lotin and Parisa Mahboubi To: Canada’s Immigration Watchers Date: April 17, 2023 Re: Immigration Surges Past One Million — Canada Needs a Real Count and Real Plans Canada revved up its immigration machine last year to make up for the pandemic slowdown and recorded a new high of 437,500 new permanent resident arrivals. And the federal government […] Mahboubi, Skuterud – The Unintended Consequences of Category-Based Immigrant Selection
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Mikal Skuterud To: Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Date: February 6, 2023 Re: The Unintended Consequences of Category-Based Immigrant Selection Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently held consultations on plans aimed at giving the department more flexibility in how it prioritizes economic-class applicants for permanent residency. The new rules […] Zhang, Mahboubi – The Recent Immigration Policy Change, How Should We Navigate It?
From: Tingting Zhang and Parisa Mahboubi To: Canadians Concerned About Immigration Policy Date: November 16, 2022 Re: The Recent Immigration Policy Change, How Should We Navigate It? As of yesterday, international students are permitted to work more than 20 hours a week off campus, as the federal government tries to address Canada’s labour shortage. This […] Tingting Zhang – How to Keep Canada’s International Student Engine Humming
From: Tingting Zhang To: Canadians Concerned About Labour Shortages Date: November 9, 2022 Re: How to Keep Canada’s International Student Engine Humming Each year, thousands of international students come to Canada, with its reputation of high-quality education, multiculturalism, and safety, to study and potentially stay. Beyond the billions they bring, talented international students are also […] La réconciliation passe surtout par l’économie – La Presse Op-Ed
Une véritable réconciliation avec les peuples autochtones doit aller au-delà des symboles pour se traduire en actions concrètes pour accélérer le rattrapage économique des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis.
En cette Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, examinons la contribution potentielle de la finance durable à ce rattrapage. En 2015, la Commission du même nom avait appelé le milieu des affaires à s’engager à reconnaître les droits des peuples autochtones, à leur faire place parmi leurs employés, dirigeants et actionnaires, à investir dans leurs communautés et à éduquer leur personnel sur ces enjeux.
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Parisa Mahboubi – Canadian Youth Faced a Double Hit from Pandemic
To: Canadian Youth From: Parisa Mahboubi Date: August 19, 2022 Re: Canadian Youth Faced a Double Hit from Pandemic Today’s labour market is tight and the kids aren’t alright. During the pandemic, young Canadians experienced education and work disruptions that led to income losses, high unemployment and likely learning losses. Although the record high youth […] Tobin, Mahboubi – No Time Like the Present to Fix Our Skills Training
From: Steven Tobin and Parisa Mahboubi To: Labour Force Policy Planners Date: July 25, 2022 Re: No Time Like the Present to Fix Our Skills Training Two years ago, during a pandemic-induced recession, the unemployment rate was in double-digits and nearly three million workers lost their jobs. For the job market, that seems like ages […] Canada keeps making labour market mistakes by missing recession-era opportunities – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Two years ago, during a pandemic-induced recession, the unemployment rate was in double-digits and nearly three million workers lost their jobs. Yet for the job market, it seems like ages ago. Canada’s job numbers have bounced back, and with national unemployment rates hovering at all-time lows, we are suddenly confronted (again) with labour and skills shortages.
The inability of employers to find workers with the right skills to fill record-high vacancies is dampening Canada’s economic growth and competitiveness. It also affects health care access and contributes to inflationary pressure, disrupting supply chains and, more broadly, limiting our ability to make headway in raising living standards and in transitioning to a lower…
O’Donnell, Skuterud – Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Data Shortage
From: Ian O’Donnell and Mikal Skuterud To: Canadians Concerned about the Labour Market Date: June 23, 2022 Re: Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Data Shortage Despite repeated policy efforts to curtail employer reliance on temporary foreign workers (TFWs), we estimate that their share of Canadian employment increased more than six-fold since 2000, reaching more than 5 percent by 2019. […]