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Last update: August 30, 2010


Preventive detention necessary to address gap in anti-terrorism law




Coalition calls on government to keep mandatory long form of Census

The compulsory long-form Census must be preserved, as the loss of the long-form Census information will cause considerable economic and social costs to all Canadians. The data are a key part of the decision-making processes of businesses, marketers, public service providers, community service providers, and charities.

letter to the Prime Minister | letter to the Minister of Industry | coalition letter



Majority of Canadians strongly support immigration

While most Canadians think that immigration is a positive feature and that it is good for the country, they also believe immigration levels should be maintained at the current level or reduced, according to the latest Nanos Research poll for Policy Options, the monthly magazine published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

news release | poll results



Multiple citizenship benefits Canada

Title: Multiple Citizenship, Identity and Entitlement in Canada

Authors: Audrey Macklin and François Crépeau
Research program: Diversity, Immigation and Integration
Release date: June 22, 2010

news release | summary | podcast | study




Presentations from recent IRPP immigration symposium now available


The symposium, entitled "Canada's Immigration Policy: Reconciling Labour Market Needs and Longer-Term Goals," was held on May 25-26, 2010, in Ottawa. It included seven substantive sessions as well as a keynote address by world-reknowned expert George Borjas of Harvard University.

program | presentations



Pension guarantees a thing of the past?

Title: Avenues for Reforming the Canadian Retirement Income System - Rapporteur's Report

Author: Bruce Little
Research program: Faces of Aging
Release date: June 4, 2010

news release | report



Temporary foreign workers require additional protections




Presentations and speeches from recent IRPP symposium on pensions now available


The symposium, entitled "Avenues for Reforming the Canadian Retirement Income System," was held on May 4-5, 2010, in Toronto. It included five substantive sessions as well as speeches by federal Finance Minister James Flaherty and Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan.

program | presentations



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This month in Policy Options
cover imageJuly-August 2010 2010

In this special summer double issue, our cover package is on immigration in Canada. In an exclusive poll, Nik Nanos finds that Canadians strongly support immigration but want current levels maintained, Jeffrey Reitz assesses the recent reforms made to Canada's immigration policy, Ratna Omidvar finds that our immigration policy works well in the medium and long terms but less well in the short term, Don Drummond and Francis Fong look at immigration from an economics perspective, Lesleyanne Hawthorne examines two-step migration in Australia, Leslie Seidle analyzes intergovernmental immigration agreements, Arthur Sweetman and Casey Warman look critically at the new Canada Experience Class immigration category, Jenna Hennebry tries to unravel the "jurisdictional fútball" of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and Glen Hodgson recommends ways Canadian immigration policy can relieve a tight labour market. In the Plus section, Kristin Bartenstein asks whether Canada has to "Use it or lose it" in the North, we have four book reviews, and much more.

past issues...
Events
Working Lunch: "Un diplôme postsecondaire canadien : un tremplin vers des emplois de qualité pour les immigrants ?"

September 20, 2010, Montreal

Maude Boulet (Université de Montréal)
Brahim Boudarbat (Université de Montréal)
Yves-Thomas Dorval (Conseil du patronat du Québec)
Jane Prud'homme (Maison internationale de la Rive Sud)

invitation | registration form | registration (individual) | registration (table of 8)

Symposium: "Canada's Immigration Policy: Reconciling Labour Market Needs and Longer-Term Goals"

May 25-26, 2010, Ottawa

program | presentations

more events information...
Most requested publications
The Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Do Short-Term Economic Needs Prevail over Human Rights Concerns?
Delphine Nakache and Paula J. Kinoshita (May 2010)

The (Un)Peaceable Kingdom? Terrorism and Canada before 9/11
David Charters (October 2008)

Connecting the Dots between University Research and Industrial Innovation
Jorge Niosi, with commentaries by Indira Samarasekera and Ilse Treurnicht (October 2008)

Defining the Federal Government's Role in Social Policy: The Spending Power and Other Instruments
Hamish Telford, Peter Graefe and Keith Banting (September 2008)

L'Intégration des immigrés sur le marché du travail à Montréal : politiques et enjeux
Marie-Thérèse Chicha and Éric Charest (March 2008)

more publications...