\u0022We need to treat people better. These are people’s lives. These are families making huge life\u002Dchanging decisions.\u0022 — Anne Michèle Meggs
. Immigration is a fact of life that the anti-immigrant spokespeople will have to get over.”
“This policy is simply reinforcing an immigration system built on temporary foreign workers largely in low-paid permanent jobs. It unfortunately opens the door to exploitation and furthermore, according to many studies by leading labour economists, is, since it discourages higher productivity and innovation.”
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Meggs said both the federal and provincial governments can legally legislate on immigration. And she is aware most provinces, including Ontario and B.C., have recently been asking for more influence over issuing visas., a left-wing journal of social policy, Meggs has said Canada’s vaunted skills-based approach to immigration is basically a thing of the past.
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