#52 - Ranking Economic Immigrants and Listener Q&A, with Professor Asha Kaushal
Borderlines31 Maalis 2021

#52 - Ranking Economic Immigrants and Listener Q&A, with Professor Asha Kaushal

A discussion of the philosophy behind economic immigration, how Canada ranks economic immigrants, Ministerial Instructions and listener Q&A. Ashal Kaushal is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia's Allard School of Law, where she teaches, amongst other courses, Immigration Law.6:00An introduction to Canada’s points system, how Express Entry changed it and Ministerial Instructions. 14:30The three models of economic immigration. The Human Capital Model, the Demand-Driven Model and the Neo-Corporatist Model22:00How the same job offer can be worth different points depending on the immigration program.28:30Is it possible to qualify the value of a prospective economic immigrant through their job? 32:00Why are the points what they are? Why would a job offer go from 600 to 200 / 50, for example? How did the change from Conservative to Liberal government change? 37:30A ranking system based on wage. 44:00Ministerial InstructionsListener Questions55:30How long will Express Entry last before they bring in a whole new system? 1:00Should there be country caps on economic immigration? Will India remain the top source country of immigrants? 1:06What, if anything, should be done about how the federal and provincial governments have economic immigration programs that target the same “high skilled” people?1:16Should Canada bring back the Immigrant Investor Program? 1:24If you could make one change to Express Entry or economic immigration what would it be?

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