Prof. Ather Akbari, Saint Marys University: Immigrants in Labour - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Prof. Ather Akbari, Saint Mary’s University: Immigrants in Labour Force of Canada

and Atlantic Canada / Employment and wages by skill levels, 2006 and 2016

Professors Yoko Yoshida and Howard Ramos Dalhousie University: Demographic and Economic Profiles of Immigrant Taxfilers to Atlantic Canada 2017

6% 7% 13% 12% 15% 94% 93% 87% 88% 85% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% AC QC ON PR BC

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Discrimination Experienced Based on Ethnicity and Culture

Yes No 4% 4% 12% 11% 13% 96% 96% 88% 89% 87% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% AC QC ON PR BC

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Discrimination Experienced Based on Race or Colour

Yes No 5% 9% 7% 5% 6% 95% 91% 93% 95% 94% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% AC QC ON PR BC

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Discrimination Experienced Based on Language

Yes No

Research by Professor Howard Ramos, Dalhousie University: 2013 Statistics Canada data

26% 27% 43% 3% 31% 24% 40% 4%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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The Province is Best Served by Having…

Atlantic Canada

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Corporate Research Associates Inc.: Atlantic Quarterly, Spring 2016

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Province of Study Left Canada Applied for PR Outside POS Applied in POS but left Applied in POS and stayed NL 67% 11% 11% 11% PEI 63% 11% 15% 11% Nova Scotia 69% 13% 7% 11% New Brunswick 59% 18% 11% 12% Atlantic Total 65% 14% 9% 11% Source: Prof. Michael Haan, University of Western Ontario, tax data