This week, John and I engage in a lively discussion with economist Mikal Skuterud about Canada's changing migration landscape, challenging some common myths, assessing impacts on housing and more .
Mikal Skuterud, Professor of Economics at Waterloo University, is known for his research-focussed appraisal of Canada's labour and immigration policies. In our wide-ranging interview, Mikal argues that a shift away from the highly-skilled immigration that had previously made Canada successful is threatening the country's success economically and socially. Our discussion topics include:
- How Canada’s focus on 'tradeable services' including high quality post-secondary education resulted in in an industry selling lower quality degrees as a pathway to permanent residency for candidates who would not normally qualify under our 'points' based immigration system
- Differences between US and Canada immigration policies, including the place of lower paid labour and illegal migration
- Why high levels of immigration to Canada has not increased our labour supply in the housing construction sector
- More
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The Move Smartly show is co-hosted by John Pasalis, President and Broker of Realosophy Realty, and Urmi Desai, Editor of Move Smartly. MoveSmartly.com and its media channels on YouTube and various podcast platforms are powered by Realosophy Realty in Toronto, Canada.
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Urmi Desai is Founding Editor at Move Smartly, a leader in Toronto real estate news & analysis, and is Realosophy Realty's Chief Content Officer with responsibility for Realosophy.com and all consumer education and tools.
Urmi holds a B.A. in Political Science and English from the University of Toronto and an M.A. from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Trade Economics) at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).
