Demographics and Immigration
This area covers broad demographic developments and their economic impact, particularly labour market, fiscal and pension policy impacts, and policies affecting permanent and temporary migration to or from Canada. It includes analyses of the outcomes of migration on Canada's economy and on migrants themselves.
March 10, 2016 - Michel Beine, Robin Boadway and Serge Coulombe
Recent changes to Canadian immigration policy, including the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, are positive overall, but they could have negative consequences that need addressing, according to...
March 3, 2016
The National Priorities 2016 series provides a high level overview of key issues that the federal and provincial governments need to address, and provides an opportunity to highlight policy...
October 1, 2015 - Luc Godbout, Suzie St-Cerny and Yves Trudel
The experience of the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) offers serious lessons for new public pension plan options, in particular the pending Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) and Canada Pension Plan (...
September 16, 2015 - Andrew Parkin
Canada’s lacklustre performance on the OECD’s test of adult literacy, numeracy and problem solving has raised questions about the quality of provincial education systems, but the explanation for the...
January 16, 2015 - Aaron Jacobs, Colin Busby and William B.P. Robson
New Brunswick faces a $68 billion fiscal burden – the future tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a...
January 9, 2015 - Aaron Jacobs, Colin Busby and William B.P. Robson
Prince Edward Island faces a $13 billion fiscal burden – the future tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century – and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze,...
Intelligence Memos
From: Parisa Mahboubi and Daniel Schwanen
To: Canada’s Ministers of Employment
Date: October 22, 2018
Re: Translating population growth into the labour force
After years of sluggish growth, Canada is...
Intelligence Memos
From: Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle
To: Canada's Pension Administrators and Annuity Providers
Date: August 24, 2018
Re: Deconstructing the Longevity Gap between Rich and Poor
A longevity gap...
Intelligence Memos
From: Parisa Mahboubi
To: Concerned Canadians
Date: July 24, 2018
Re: Canada can benefit economically from the asylum seeker surge
The number of asylum seekers crossing into Canada has increased...
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