Canada’s Immigration System: Where to from here?

About this episode

An expert panel discusses the critical state of Canada's immigration system and its implications for various sectors.

Canada’s immigration system is at a critical turning point. In this episode of Conversations Live, an expert panel examines how record levels of permanent and non-permanent immigration have impacted housing affordability, health care, education, infrastructure, labour markets, and community planning and what recent policy shifts mean for Canada’s future. The discussion explores whether immigration targets have been aligned with community capacity, how governments can better coordinate policy and what a sustainable, transparent immigration system should look like. We brought together perspectives from government, academia, business, housing, and immigrant services to better understand where Canada’s immigration system is headed and what needs to change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Stuart McNish

Topics covered

• immigration
• housing affordability
• health care
• education
• infrastructure
• labour markets
• community planning

Keywords

• Canada
• immigration system
• housing
• health care
• education
• policy shifts
• community capacity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Conversations Live, Oh Boy Productions, Acast

Places: Canada

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