{"id":37048,"date":"2023-08-02T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/08\/02\/whats-wrong-with-canadas-immigration-push\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T10:00:23","slug":"whats-wrong-with-canadas-immigration-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/08\/02\/whats-wrong-with-canadas-immigration-push\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s wrong with Canada&#8217;s immigration push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Canada\u2019s population reached 40 million people earlier this year and it continues to grow.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p data-async=\"\">Immigrants are playing a key role in the country\u2019s economy as Canada looks to offset labour shortages, and to create a tax base to support services such as healthcare amid a declining workforce.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">This week on Down to Business, Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair and associate professor of human resource management at Toronto Metropolitan University, discusses how Canada\u2019s immigration policies are evolving.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">As immigration levels have grown, Banerjee said that government agencies, universities, and employers will need to work harder to ensure that immigrants successfully integrate with the labour force. 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