Devlin, Rowlands, Mahboubi – Immigration Remains The Key To Housing Prices
To: Canadian real estate watchers From: Ed Devlin, Thomas Rowlands and Parisa Mahboubi Date: August 16, 2021 Re: Immigration remains the key to housing prices Canada’s housing market is among the hottest in the world. The continued strength in the market, despite the pandemic and higher construction costs, has fueled debate around restrictions on housing supply. However, the recent soaring […] Don Drummond – Breathing Life Into The Liberal Government’s Quality Of Life Index
From: Don Drummond To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Date: June 9, 2021 Re: Breathing Life into the Liberal Government’s Quality of Life Index Following the lead of a number of other countries, the Department of Finance and Statistics Canada are engaged in an investigation of and consultations on how to inform policymaking better with information on Canadians’ quality of […] Mahboubi, Maqbool – Canada Will Benefit From Opening Its Border To International Students
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Sana Maqbool To: Canadian Businesses and Governments Date: October 14, 2020 Re: Canada Will Benefit from Opening Its Border to International Students COVID-19 travel restrictions have had a significant impact on Canada’s permanent and temporary immigration. The plan to re-open the border to international students next week will help the recovery in the short-term […] Trevor Tombe – Potential Gains From Provinces Easing Labour Mobility Barriers
From: Trevor Tombe To: Provincial employment ministers Date: June 29, 2020 Re: Potential Gains from Provinces Easing Labour Mobility Barriers Migration is central to Canada’s economic development, especially in the West. International immigration receives significant attention, but interprovincial migration is no less important. In normal times, according to the latest 2016 census data, more than 260,000 Canadians move from […] William B.P. Robson – A Professional Nag Pauses To Reflect
From: William B.P. Robson To: Fellow Canadians Date: January 7, 2020 Re: A Professional Nag Pauses to Reflect We at the C.D. Howe Institute devote much of our daily attention to criticizing poorly conceived and ineptly implemented policy in Canada. As we should. That’s our job. And our governments keep us all too well supplied. When William Watson asked […] A Professional Critic’s Festive Fulmination – Financial Post Op-ed
My colleagues and I at the C.D. Howe Institute devote much of our daily attention to criticizing poorly conceived and ineptly implemented policy in Canada. As we should. That’s our job. And our governments keep us all too well supplied.
On occasion, however, people outside Canada ask us about how Canada ranks as a place to live, work, invest, or locate a business. For me, those questions trigger a happy 180-degree turn. The professional nag steps back and the booster of Canada as one of the world’s most favoured nations takes over. As we welcome 2020 with some thoughts about things we in Canada do well, and should keep doing well, here are three ways we stand out.
First on my list — first on so many people’s lists — is…
Donald Drummond – Ministerial Mandate Letter: Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
As Canada forms its next government, the Prime Minister’s Office will be preparing ministerial mandate letters. In this special Intelligence Memo series, policy experts highlight key challenges and priorities in each minister’s portfolio. From: Donald Drummond To: The incoming Ministers of Crown‑Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Services Date: October 25, 2019 As you embark as Ministers […] Tammy Schirle – Ministerial Mandate Letter: Minister of Women and Gender Equality
From: Tammy Schirle To: The incoming Minister of Women and Gender Equality (formerly Status of Women Canada.) Date: October 22 2019 As minister, your overarching goal will be to advance gender equality in Canada’s economic, social, and political life. You are responsible for taking a leadership role in the government-wide implementation of Gender-based Analysis Plus, an analytical process […] The Global Refugee Crisis Persists – The Business Community Can Help – Globe And Mail Op-ed
The refugee crisis and its global dimension continues as a major challenge for the international community. In our hemisphere alone, the United Nations estimates a staggering 5.4 million forcibly displaced Venezuelans by the end of 2019.
All of this serves as an urgent reminder that intergovernmental action is needed to address the crisis, not just in our own neighbourhood, but in other parts of the globe where refugees continue to flood across borders.
While collective intergovernmental action is needed for long-term solutions, there are important ways for the business community to be engaged as an important companion to state action.
Such private-sector initiatives would help to foster commercial activity and…
Parisa Mahboubi – Canada Must Put Emphasis on Economic Immigration
Today, we revisit an Intelligence Memo that remains relevant. From: Parisa Mahboubi To: Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration and Simon Jolin-Barrette, Quebec Immigration Minister Date: August 21, 2019 Re: Canada Must Put Emphasis on Economic Immigration Immigration is not the panacea, as often advertised, to an aging population and low fertility rates. However, the right economic immigration inflow enhances employment […] Parisa Mahboubi – No, Immigrants Aren’t Stealing Jobs
From: Parisa Mahboubi To: Canadians concerned about immigration Date: June 12, 2019 Re: No, immigrants aren’t stealing jobs Canada is becoming increasingly reliant on immigration for its labour-force growth, which in turn is a key component of economic prosperity. However, not all Canadians may be aware of immigration’s beneficial impact. Understanding it better may shed light on debates over […] The economic case for more immigration – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
Canada is becoming increasingly reliant on immigration for its labour-force growth, which in turn is a key component of economic prosperity. However, not all Canadians may be aware of this beneficial impact of immigration. Understanding it better may shed light on debates over the country’s immigration policy.
Because of rapid population aging over the past decade, the labour force is shrinking as a percentage of the population, as the rate of participation of Canadians in the work force drops sharply past the age of 64. In order to mitigate the negative impacts of this demographic change on the economy and government finances, the federal government has been raising Canada’s annual immigration intake.
While high…