October 20, 2011 Book Launch- “Toward Improving Canada’s Skilled Immigration Policy: An Evaluation Approach”
Celebration of the launch of a landmark book on improving Canada’s immigration system:
Toward Improving Canada’s Skilled Immigration Policy: An Evaluation Approach
By Charles M. Beach, Alan G. Green, and Christopher Worswick
Published by the C.D. Howe Institute
Canada’s approach to immigration has faced major challenges in recent years. Among them: the gap between earnings of recent immigrants in Canada and their Canadian-born contemporaries has been growing, and the time it takes to close the gap has been lengthening. What has gone wrong? What to do about it? The authors provide a panoramic view of shifts in Canada’s skilled immigration policies and the strengths and weaknesses of the points system used to screen new arrivals. They identify the policy levers that affect the attributes and success rates of new arrivals and break new ground in providing a tool by which to measure those impacts. Essential reading for all who care about the tough questions of immigration policy.
