Rupa Banerjee: What does Canada really want from immigration?
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English - March 14, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPolitics News culture government society public policy canadian politics canadian ed greenspon ottawa canada edward greenspon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Canada is perhaps the most successful immigration nation in the world. But its system is showing some cracks, as immigration is twinned in the public mind with housing shortages and high rental costs. Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair in Economic inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of Canada’s Immigrants, talks to host Edward Greenspon about what Canada’s getting wrong and why it’s unfair to blame foreign students for housing woes.