REPORT ON
THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION IN CANADIAN WORKPLACE
Submitted by:
Mitesh Amrat: 300933227
Dhwanil Shah: 300932750
Harsh Gandhi: 300933266
Introduction: The topic of our research is- “The impact of immigration on the Canadian workplace.” Since the mid-1980s, when the Mulroney government opened the door for immigrants more widely, the Canada’s immigration levels have been very high. Our research statement states that because of large number of permanent and temporary residents coming to Canada there has been a profound negative impact seen on Canada’s labor market. According to Canada's Immigration Program, it has one of the highest immigration per capita rate. The per capita immigration rate to Canada has been relatively constant
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We can see that the immigration ratio goes up year by year. There is a high ratio of immigrants after 1960s(Immigration Watch Canada).
Discussion:
Statistics suggest that for every 10% of increase in the population from immigration there is a decrease in average wage by 4%. This means that, as more and more immigrants come in, the average salary will become less and less. In the current time there is no agreed view in the net impact of immigration. The Canadian government puts great emphasis on finding skilled immigrants.
But, new research says that immigration has neither positive nor negative effect on wages, economy and jobs but more research is needed.
“Pro-immigration statements often put too much emphasis on total GDP, without showing that there is a link between increasing the total size of the economy and individual well-being.”
There have been split opinions regarding the impact of immigration on the Canadian workplace. But if we consider the figures of the last 25 years period, though there were changes made in the immigration policy by the federal government, the earnings of recent immigrants have continued to deteriorate in comparison to those of Canadian born workers. The Canadian born men with a university degree earn almost double than new immigrant men with university degree. In case of the earnings of new immigrant women with a university degree the percentage has dropped to almost 40% to
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As a paper written for the Martin Prosperity Institute argues, cities such as Toronto have succeed in attracting people because the people of this city have different cultures.
\Negative Impacts:
• Takes away jobs from native-born
This immigrants increases the competition in getting job in Canadian workplace. So that it makes it not easy to get job for native born citizen also.
• Communication Issues
Immigrants have different native languages. So some of the immigrants may face the problems while communicating at the workplace.
• Values conflicts
The research on immigrants shows that • Lower standards = Lower productivity
Immigrants with lower standard may affect the workplace because lower standard immigrants may face various issues regarding to the workplace, which can low the productivity of the workplace.
• High cost of training of new immigrants
(Immigration settlement programs)
It is not easy for company to train immigrants because they are not aware about the Canadian workplace. So that for the company it costs too high for train the
Considering the core working group of women category (25-54 years) The employment rate of recent immigrants whereas Canadian women in the same women was 57.1% compare to 69.7% of the same age group of women in total immigrant population. Whereas Canadian women in the same group would most likely to be employed with an employment rate of 79.2%. The unemployment rate for the core working group was 8.8% compare to 5.2% of native born women of same age (Women in Canada: A gender based statistical report: Tamara Hudon October 21st 2015).A statistical report of 1995 reveal that the presence of Immigrant women in construction, product fabrication or primary processing occupations are 16% compare to Canadian born women and there by 9increasing the risk of occupational safety factors. Occupational health and safety factors are also explicit concern for immigrant women working outdoors.(vis and jce,weinfield Dupree,Abdool
Immigration provides very constant growth in the labor force, which is helping the Canadian labor market. With the amount of immigrants coming into Canada, there is an increase of jobs being taken in the Canadian labor force. They make up to 70% of labor force and most likely will increase higher percent in the future. The immigrants who have provided their needs for the Canadian labor market for growth and its success
Immigrants today now have the privilege of entering and residing in Canada but along with this privilege, there are also barriers that impede their integration and deprive them of equal opportunity in the society. The undervaluing of foreign education and credentials has emerged over the years as a huge obstacle faced by recent immigrants who seek employment in the areas that they have been trained, and worked in for decades in their respective home countries. For years, newcomers in Canada have been denied inclusion into the Canadian labour market simply because of policies that were
Firstly immigrants have helped by filling the gaps of skills and labour shortage. Skills and labour shortage is one of the main reasons why new immigrants are on the rise. Many job positions continue to sit vacant today in semi or lower skilled occupational job categories in which native Canadians are not lining up to work thus the government allow people from elsewhere to come and take those jobs. “A 2014 report by Miner Management Consultant estimates a labour force shortage of close to a 2 million workers in Canada by 2031” .
Much of Canada’s economic success has been at the hands of immigrants and migrants. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Canadian government advertised free land to European farmers, in an attempt to persuade them to begin working in Canada. These immigrants went on to contribute to the country’s vast agriculture industry, which much of the economy is based on. Still to this day, people around the world look to Canada as the land of opportunity. Many immigrants and refugees choose Canada as their new home because of the job opportunities available to them. However, not everyone interested in working in the country is able to stay there permanently. Despite this, those still interested in working for Canadian businesses and companies may
Canada is a country that is known as a "mosaic" of people and cultures, meaning; it opens it arms to immigrant families and gives them the freedom to express their own cultural values, ideas, beliefs and customs. It is this system that welcomes thousands and thousands of immigrants a year with open arms and the idea of a better life. This idea however, is sometimes not always as easy as it is thought to be. Though Canada is an amazing country for immigrants to start a new life and get better education, health care, and job opportunities, immigrant families are met with many challenges before they are able to become accustom to their new life. It is important to understand the true difficulty of the "Immigrant Experience" and the impact it has on families including adults as well as children. If it is easier to understand the difficulties immigrant families go through in search of a better life in Canada there can be more resources made to help them. It is important to take into consideration each individual difficulty that is faced and properly research each factor in order to have a better understanding on how to make the complete economic and societal integration of immigrants happen faster. There is a number of categories that relate to the integration of immigrants into society and a number of steps they must take to be a part of Canadian society. In order to understand these steps they have to be thoroughly researched.
Recent cohorts may face larger employment gap at the time of entry. The speed of assimilation rate of recent cohort could be different from previous cohorts. Another possible explanation is decreased unobserved qualities, such as motivation, ambition, and ability among recent immigrants.
Moreover, due to non-recognition of foreign credentials, new immigrants face big barrier to obtain work in their field in Canada (Garcia, et al., p. 196). Although foreign credentials are evaluated by recognizing stakeholders like OES, U of T etc. but the employers do not consider these evaluations. They rely only upon degrees obtained in Canada. In addition to that, different stakeholders have different attitudes to credential and certification (Garcia, et al., p. 196) and are concerned with recognizing foreign credentials. Although the government encourages interprovincial labour mobility, but immigrants feel discouraged to relocate due to the varying credential recognition process, which in turn decreases their employability.
Ottawa views foreign workers as essentials in fighting the labour shortage that was brought on by retiring baby boomers and the growing skills gap. There are over one million positions by 2021 that are predicted to be unfilled in Canada. Ottawa has agreed to adapt to the “expression of interest” immigration model. This lines up future immigrants in Canada with companies
Canada has really strict policies and laws on who can immigrate to the country, and as a blooming economical place, people who have excellent experience will have a promised opportunity for jobs. In 2015 a new law came out economic immigrants helping them to come to Canada as fast as possible without any trouble. “Express Entry” is a major step forward in the transformation of Canada’s immigration system into one that is fast, flexible and focused on meeting Canada’s economic and labor needs. This will allow for greater flexibility and better responsiveness to deal with regional labor shortages, and help fill open jobs for which there are no available Canadian workers. Formerly referred to as “Expression of Interest” will be open to skilled
It is fair to say that the goal of the immigration system is to encourage youthful, bilingual, high-skill immigration in order to bolster and enhance the labor force in Canada. Although the program aims to attract migrants that have work experience, higher education and English or French language abilities there are certain barriers that are present in the system such as credential recognition and strong demand for sophisticated language and literacy competency, which impede access to skilled employment and social mobility among some migrants. Most immigrants come to Canada through the Federal Skilled Worker Program or under a Provincial Nominee Program. Nearly 70 per cent of immigrants to Canada are economic immigrants. Parents, grandparents,
Canada’s Immigration Policy has evolved since the Second World War to what it is today. As Canada has a large immigration population, it is important to know about and understand Canada’s Immigration Policy. This paper will explore Canada’s Immigration Policy by looking at its historical development and changes from the end of the Second World War to today. It will also evaluate the process of becoming both a Permanent Resident and a full Canadian Citizen. It will conclude by comparing and contrasting two prominent cultural groups in the Greater Toronto area, South Asian Canadians and Chinese Canadians.
Today, the situation is not getting better. After 9/11, people come from other countries are seen as a threat. Canadaian not only afraid that they could take the jobs, they also seen the migrant workers as potential criminals (Street, 2003). In fact, white settlers came to Canada as foreigners. After the white settler society been established, the racial hirearchy was created (Razack, 2002). Migrant farmers worker have no insurance to protect them in case they become sick. When Canadian worried about the migrants might become criminals, the workers’ safty and health are under the risk. Migrant workers are taking jobs that Canadians do no want to do (Chowdhury). Most of the workers come to Canada without knowing their rights or unable to argue because of the language. J4MW was established for the migrant workers to educate them to understand that they are treat unequally and help them connect with the agency which can help them. J4MW organized mant labour movement in Canada which link to race, gender, sexuality and class. Their supports helps migrants to practice the organising skills and inspire many other eqity groups.
Over the last couple of years, there have been extensive changes in Canada’s immigration policies. The biggest change has been the increased admission of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). Unlike immigrants, temporary foreign workers come to Canada on restrictive visas and do not have the rights of permanent residents (CIC, 2010). Their admission to the country and employment are reliant on not taking opportunities and jobs away from Canadians. Statistics on temporary foreign workers vary widely, depending on how they are accumulated. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, in 2000 there were 177,781 temporary foreign workers in the country. By 2010, the number was 432,682, a 140 per cent increase.
With scholars such as Kerry L. Preibisch (The Other Side of el Otro Lado: Mexican Migrant Women and Labor Flexibility in Canadian Agriculture), Ronaldo Munck (Globalization, Migration and Work: Issues and Perspectives), and Parrenas R. S. (Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work) all argue that the power the employer has in selecting which migrant workers they want based on nationality or sex. In turn, has created a competition among the labor-supply of countries. And between the workers themselves based on social hierarchy, which both race and gender are prominent. However, these articles perspectives have not adequately addressed the issue of the relationship between how labour migration and the current economic policy in effect by the Canadian government the CSAWP has on migrant workers. My paper addresses the issue of migrant’s workers face in the agricultural sector in Ontario but with particular attention with regards to the recent changes in economic policies set by the Canadian government. Specifically, in my paper, I will be looking at the challenges of migrating to Canada, and the lack of fundamental rights of becoming a Canadian citizen, to show the difficulties that migrants face of being less mobile today than in the past. I will discuss the power that employers have the choice of picking the migrant worker that they want in Canada. The type of labour mobility they have within the workforce in Canada and juxtapose them against the current economic policies enforced by the Canadian Government to reveal the previously misunderstood connections between migrant workers and the challenges they face on a daily