Survey Reveals Most Canadians Averse to Relocating for Employment Opportunities

A new survey reveals that more than half of Canada’s adult workforce is unwilling to relocate for pursuing employment opportunities, which also throws light on why many Canadian companies have to hire temporary foreign workers because of the shortage of local skills. The survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid for the Canadian Employee Relocation Council (CERC),
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American Middle Class Losing its Sheen as the World’s Most Affluent

As wealthy Americans continue to forge ahead of several of their global peers, the American middle class – for long the most affluent in the world – seems to have lost that distinction, according to an analysis conducted by New York Times. The analysis, based on surveys conducted over the past 35 years, shows that
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Gallup World Survey Reveals that 45 Million People Want to Immigrate to Canada

A recent Gallup World Survey has revealed that of the 700 million people worldwide, who want to leave their home country permanently, 45 million want to immigrate to Canada. The survey, conducted by Gallup over 135 countries between 2007 and 2009, found that nearly 16 percent of the world’s adult population would like to move
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Quebec Critiqued for Reaping Benefits of Investor Migration

    The province of Quebec has come under fire from the new Immigration Minister for its “fraudulent” investor program. Chris Alexander, Canada’s new Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, was shown to share the sentiments of his predecessor when he recently slammed Quebec for accepting hundreds of immigrant investors who often settle elsewhere.  
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Quebec Settlement Funding Outpaces Other Provinces Despite Immigration Lulls

  A decades old immigration funding agreement between the federal government and Quebec is causing a stir due to skyrocketing costs. The program involves settlement funding for newcomers and last year awarded the province of Quebec $284.5 million which amounts to approximately $5100 for each new immigrant or refugee to the province. That amount is
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Business Analysts Concerned Over New Entrepreneurship Program

  Business analysts are expressing concern over the Canadian government’s new immigrant entrepreneurship program, arguing that the changes are not enough to compete for talent in today’s global market. For example, in a recent editorial for MSN Money, business and policy analyst Dierdre McMurdy points out that despite heavily trumpeting the new Start Up visa
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Study Confirms Economic Benefits of Migration

  A new study has confirmed what many experts have long believed – that migration is good for a country’s economic prospects. The study, which was summarized for a post on the World Economic Forum website, looked at how immigration effects population and income for the receiving country as well as how emigration effects population
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Quebec’s Allophones Heading Elsewhere

  The province of Quebec is losing more of its allophone population due to interprovincial migration, according to the latest data from the latest National Household Survey. While the net loss of Anglophones has continued to decline – 5,695 from 2011 to 2006 compared to 7,810 from 2001 to 2006 – the trends in allophone
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