Post on 11-May-2015
Leading the Wave: Setting Trends in Immigrant Settlement and Integration
The Westin Prince Hotel, Toronto
June 14, 2012
OCASI: Professional Development Conference
IMMIGRATION REFORM: Fundamental Shift
From Nation Building to
Addressing labour market needs
Canada Recruitment Posters
Recruitment Posters
PLACE OF BIRTH BY PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION, CANADA, 2006
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
100%USA
Europe
Asia
Africa
Caribbean, S. & C.America
Oceania & Other
TOP 10 COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OF IMMIGRANTS, CANADA, 2010
IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA, 2007–2011
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Family
Economic
Other
Refugee
Temp FW
IMMIGRATION REFORM: Proposed and Enacted
• Eliminated application backlog to move to new system quickly
• Higher levels of English/French• More points to younger applicants• More selection power to employers• New stream for tradespeople• Assess professional credentials before
immigrate
IMMIGRATION REFORM
• Temporary FW can be paid 15% less wages• Moratorium of two years on sponsoring
parents & grandparents: 10 year visas possible
• Conditional permanent residency for spouses to deter marriage fraud
• Detention for asylum seekers designated as “mass arrivals.”
IMMIGRATION REFORM
• Settlement funding tied to arrivals: Immigrant arrivals in Ontario went from 47% of all arrivals in Canada in 2007 to around 40% in 2011