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The Shift in Canadian Immigration Policy

Posted by Matthew Brett on March 5th 2009 at 2:21pm

(By Salimah Valiani from MRZine) This paper posits there has been a significant shift in Canadian immigration policy over the past two years — a shift which has passed under the radar screens of most Canadians. Formerly based on the precepts of permanent residency and family reunification, from 2006, Canada’s immigration system began shifting to a model of temporary migration as the path to permanent residency. Based on figures estimating the retention rates of the Live-in Caregiver Program for the period 2003-2007 — until recently, the only program of labour importation modeled on temporary migration as path to permanent residency — the paper demonstrates that the reorientation of immigration policy is unlikely to serve the long-term needs of Canadian society: building citizenship and the labour force.

To read on click HERE or visit: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/valiani030309.html

Matthew Brett

Matthew Brett is the Canadian Dimension weblog manager. The views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent his own. Read more by Matthew Brett.

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