The shift from structured, 9-5 work to freelance employment is happening rapidly. Circumstances push immigrants towards contract or part-time jobs because of their need to settle into life in Canada. According to Randstad Canada’s 2017…
View More The Gig Economy: An Immigrant’s GleeThe Canadian brand is evolving and our openness to trade and investment, innovation and ideas, combined with pluralism and diversity are important to emphasize to relevant Indian audiences as we move forward
View More Canada, India and the Opportunity for BothINDIA’s galloping national economy has made its people so impatient that growth under seven per cent a year could have a deeply de-stabilizing impact for the country, a well-respected Indian editor, Shekhar Gupta, told an…
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During the 2015 election campaign, one issue remained imminent for many Canadians: how will the newly elected government improve the economy? But, a question less pondered, of interest to many immigrant communities is how will…
View More How Parties Aim to Address Economic Inequality
As we trudge along towards an expected fall election, the race is on to gain votes from the “middle class”. In the midst of an economic downturn, both the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Liberals…
View More Immigrants Excluded from “Middle Class”The job of an academic is to be critical of government policy, not praise it, but in the case of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) new Express Entry (EE) system, there is much to like.…
View More Success for Express Entry Applicants Weighs Heavily on Job Offers
Immigrants to this country are generally happier than the folks they left behind in their ancestral nations, but most diaspora communities report they are less satisfied with life here than their Canadian-born peers, according to…
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