Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very briefly, I'm also working on a report for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on the retention of international students in Atlantic Canada. The project is under way, but it's in draft format. It may be possible that I could produce an advance copy for the committee if

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. It's done with Victoria Esses, Chedly Belkhodla, and Sonia Nguyen.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The number I cited was that they were four times as likely to earn more than $100,000 if they left their province of birth in Atlantic Canada versus staying in their province of birth in Atlantic Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would argue that it's a positive, and it is indeed beginning to happen. The baby boomers started to retire in 2011, and we are seeing some evidence of return migration. It's particularly strong in Prince Edward Island, but it is happening in other Atlantic provinces.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It has great potential. I can't answer that question as a yes or no, but it's certainly worth investigating.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a couple of points. One of the points I'd like to make is it really goes back to what works as a strategy. In the case of the federal experience class immigration program, we can identify the individuals who were admitted under those admission categories and identify wheth

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your comments. I think the short story is that there is no silver bullet. We probably have to try various strategies to bring people to the region and to bring people back to the region. No matter what, under all projection scenarios by Statistics Canada, there wi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, everyone. My name is Michael Haan, and I'm the Canada research chair in migration and ethnic relations at Western University. My primary research interests are in the areas of immigrant recruitment, retention, and internal migration. I'm particularly interested in