POLI 2F12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Unemployment Benefits, Visible Minority, Protocol Relating To The Status Of Refugees
18 Mar 2016
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About 260,000 permanent residents admited to canada in 2014. Includes work permit holders, internaional students, and refugee claimants (those who claim refugee status but do not quite hold that status yet) Growth of temporary foreign worker (tfw) and internaional mobility (im) programs. Part of program that allows people to come here and work temporary. Growing at a very rapid rate especially during the recession. Other industries that need labour (food processing, resource extracion, tourism, etc. ) Employers lobby vigorously for these programs because there is a shortage for these dirty jobs; say that canadians can"t or won"t do these jobs. Philippines, india, usa, france, guatemala, mexico, uk, etc. Alberta, briish columbia and ontario get the most. Has also more than doubled over recent years. Canadians generally support these high numbers of immigraion. 2012 83% of canadians say that immigraion say that it has a good efect on canada"s economy and does not take jobs away from canadians.
