Immigration for Nationbuilding in Regions and Cities

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Immigration for Nation-building in Regions and
Cities

• Jeffrey G. Reitz
• University of Toronto

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Immigrants to Canada, 1971-2002
Source Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Global Migration Since 1973
Source Castles and Miller, Age of Migration, 2003
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Canadian opinion on immigration levels
If it were your job to plan an immigration
policy for Canada at this time, would you be
inclined to increase immigration, decrease
immigration, or keep the number of immigrants at
about the current level?
Source Gallup Canada, Inc.
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Some analysts of immigration

• Dan Stoffman, Who Gets In.
• George Borjas, Heavens Door.
• Economic Council, Impact of Immigration.
• Richard Florida, Creative Class.
• Saskia Sassen, Global Cities.

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http//www3.gov.ab.ca/hre/immigration/
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