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Lessons from Canada: The Economic Necessity to Make All Guestworker Regimes '2-Step Immigration Program Facilitating Just-In-Time Integration and Circular Migration'

Date

2014-05-10

Auteurs

Denise Helly, Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier et Adrienne Gibson

Résumé

Western States have developed a range of national and bilateral programs to identify sectoral labour shortages and admit just-in-time foreign workers under temporary rather than permanent legal status. Statistics on occupations filled between 2004 and 2009 by guestworkers in Canada (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia) show that some labour shortages addressed by the presence of guestworkers were less acute than others. Moreover, researchers have recently identified that the presence of guestworkers in Canada have or would put a significant downward pressure on the wages and work conditions of certain categories of local workers. This downward pressure has been explained, in particular, by the restrictions on rights and freedoms of certain groups of guestworkers. In order to minimize the negative economic impact of guestworkers programs while maximizing their economic benefits, states need to restructure temporary work regimes as 2-step immigration programs facilitating “just-in-time” integration and circular migration.

Nom de la conférence

International CRIMT Conference

Lieu de la conférence

Montreal

Number of pages

40

Fichiers joints

Liens

Secteurs économiques

General relevance - all sectors

Types de contenu

Policy analysis, Current Policy et Numbers of migrant workers

Groupes cibles

Législateurs et Chercheurs

Pertinence géographique

Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombie-Britannique et National relevance

Langues

Anglais