It follows that the role of the federal government is vitally important in the selection and integration of immigrants and it must provide leadership in the development of national frameworks. [...] Debate and evaluation to inform and evaluation achieve national vision Guide to this paper The purpose of this paper is to discuss the above policy shifts and their impact in order to recommend changes to Canada’s approach to economic immigration.1 Part 1 provides an overview and introduction to the paper. [...] It discusses the need for immigrants to strengthen the population base and labour force, how the admission numbers are changing, how immigrants are faring, how the point system is working, and the emergence of new types of settlement and integration programs. [...] Part 3 describes and comments on four federal policy shifts that have altered the landscape for economic immigration: restriction of federally-selected skilled workers; 1 Given the substantially different nature of the immigration program in Quebec, the approaches recommended in this paper are intended to apply to all provinces and territories with the exception of Quebec. [...] While the tabling of these targets provides transparency, the federal government does not currently play a role in determining the number of immigrants in this category and the impact the numbers have on the Federal Skilled Worker Program or other components of the economic class.
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