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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/An-economics-perspective-on-Canadian-immigration-Figure-1-2.png587807Immigration can satisfy many objectives. Here we only focus on the economic one. From that perspective, there is significant evidence suggesting that, at least from an economic perspective, Canada’s immigration system is not working as well as it should. For the nation’s low birth rate and aging demographic, which saps the growth of the domestic […]