Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the opportunity.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The rural issue in New Brunswick is a big challenge and, as I mentioned, we have some of the highest rates of rural residence of anywhere in Canada. The transition to a more urban economy is something that has been really slow to develop in Atlantic Canada, and this is causing a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the Atlantic pilot, one of the major criticisms of the earlier points-based system for federal skilled migrants was the immigration selection process was independent of the immigrant finding a job, meaning many skilled immigrants arrived in Canada to find their credentials wer

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today and to share some of my thoughts on immigration in Atlantic Canada. I am a labour economist. I have dealt with big data issues for most of my research life, and so much of what I'm going to be talking about today is data-related.