Forging Our Labour Market: Equal Opportunity Access
Forging Our Labour Market: Equal Opportunity Access
In this era of Neo Liberal Capital competition, many professionals have moved from their birth countries to more prosperous countries for better job opportunities. According to the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada has welcomed more than 200,000 immigrants the highest population of immigrants entering into Canada in over 50 years. These immigrants represent three dominant backgrounds: Refugees, immigrants with family members already residing in Canada and economic immigrants. To enhance its economic growth and international scale, in 1967, Canada introduced the point system, which was designed to capture the demographic and labour market requirements of the country. The point system by which these professional immigrants entered Canada is based on age, higher education, language skill(s), and working experience. Hence, professionals entering Canada were entering the country based on having ‘good’ education and work experience. It is important to analyse how these immigrants have impacted the Canadian labour market and if Canada’s point system has reached its objective. As Reiltz noticed,
Over several decades, and despite higher levels of education, qualified immigrants appear to be having greater difficult access to work in knowledge occupations. As a result, they more often end up working in less-skilled occupations than their comparably qualified native-born Canadians. Consequently, it is paramount to closely identify the gaps and issues in the Canadian labour market the policies and practices which govern it. Why would Canada still call for qualified professionals in a country where standards and policies of the labour market seem to ignore or/and overlook immigrants’ education and working experience?
Research conducted by Oreopoulos and Dechief in Why do some employers prefer to interview Matthew, but not Samir? New evidence from Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, demonstrates
In this era of Neo Liberal Capital competition, many professionals have moved from their birth countries to more prosperous countries for better job opportunities. According to the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada has welcomed more than 200,000 immigrants the highest population of immigrants entering into Canada in over 50 years. These immigrants represent three dominant backgrounds: Refugees, immigrants with family members already residing in Canada and economic immigrants. To enhance its economic growth and international scale, in 1967, Canada introduced the point system, which was designed to capture the demographic and labour market requirements of the country. The point system by which these professional immigrants entered Canada is based on age, higher education, language skill(s), and working experience. Hence, professionals entering Canada were entering the country based on having ‘good’ education and work experience. It is important to analyse how these immigrants have impacted the Canadian labour market and if Canada’s point system has reached its objective. As Reiltz noticed,
Over several decades, and despite higher levels of education, qualified immigrants appear to be having greater difficult access to work in knowledge occupations. As a result, they more often end up working in less-skilled occupations than their comparably qualified native-born Canadians. Consequently, it is paramount to closely identify the gaps and issues in the Canadian labour market the policies and practices which govern it. Why would Canada still call for qualified professionals in a country where standards and policies of the labour market seem to ignore or/and overlook immigrants’ education and working experience?
Research conducted by Oreopoulos and Dechief in Why do some employers prefer to interview Matthew, but not Samir? New evidence from Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, demonstrates