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Last update: August 30, 2010
Preventive detention necessary to address gap in anti-terrorism law
Title: Catch and Release: A Role for Preventive Detention without Charge in Canadian Anti-terrorism Law
Author: Craig Forcese
Research program: Security and Democracy
Release date: July 28, 2010
news release | summary | podcast | study
Author: Craig Forcese
Research program: Security and Democracy
Release date: July 28, 2010
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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
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
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
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Authors: Audrey Macklin and François Crépeau
Research program: Diversity, Immigation and Integration
Release date: June 22, 2010
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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
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
Author: Bruce Little
Research program: Faces of Aging
Release date: June 4, 2010
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Temporary foreign workers require additional protections
Title: The Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Do Short-Term Economic Needs Prevail over Human Rights Concerns?
Authors: Delphine Nakache and Paula J. Kinoshita
Research program: Diversity, Immigation and Integration
Release date: May 13, 2010
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Authors: Delphine Nakache and Paula J. Kinoshita
Research program: Diversity, Immigation and Integration
Release date: May 13, 2010
news release | summary | podcast | study
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.
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 July-August 2010 2010In 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... |
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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... |
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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... |