Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada and Minister John McCallum

Immigration: What changes, if any, does Canada want to make to its current 'managed migration,' asked the 23-page study, titled Medium-Term Policy: Balanced Immigration and stamped for internal discussion only, according to Metro News. To what extent is the current overall immigration level appropriate and/or necessary With major changes made in the last decade under the former Conservative government, legal and immigration experts are calling on Immigration Minister John McCallum to have a national conversation on the future of Canadian immigration. The report by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada also points to the challenge of reconfiguring an immigrant-selection system in a rapidly changing labour market where a growing number of jobs are temporary and there increasing mismatch of available skills and the skills in demand. Ottawa must take a step back to do a review of the whole immigration program and reach a national consensus in moving our country forward as a nation-building exercise rather than as an economic imperative, said Debbie Douglas of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. It the right time to take a look at what is working and what is not working in the system. The Liberals have good political instincts and like to be seen as doing more on the immigration front. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.