A Saskatchewan Case Study of Canada’s Federal and Provincial Immigrant Entrepreneur Immigration Policies
Date
2023-10-04
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0009-0001-8246-8963
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Masters
Abstract
Immigration continues to be a significant factor in the demographic and economic growth of Canada. Canadian provinces and territories work hard to attract and retain skilled newcomers to their cities and communities to participate in the labour market by filling job vacancies and investing into new and existing business in sectors and communities. Skilled immigrants are responsible for a significant portion of the overall population job growth in the Canadian economy and play an outsized role in entrepreneurship in communities across the country. They establish businesses that serve the distinct and growing needs of Canada’s expanding cultural communities, purchase existing businesses from Canada’s aging and retiring entrepreneur class, invest in and operate innovative firms in such diverse fields as new communications technology to agri-business. Despite the strategic importance of immigration in the demographic and population growth of Canada and the significant role immigrant entrepreneurs play in the establishment and ongoing operation of businesses, there is little analysis of the public policy mechanisms that work to attract and retain skilled immigrant entrepreneurs. Using the province of Saskatchewan as a case study, this research provides an historic overview of the existing public policy mechanisms created to attract skilled immigrant entrepreneurs to Canada and more effectively distribute them to provinces, territories, and communities of all sizes across the country. It also explores why there has been little academic scrutiny of immigration policy related to immigrant entrepreneurship, the federal and provincial policy mechanisms in place to facilitate these activities, and the outcomes of these processes.
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Immigration, Immigration Policy, Entrepreneurship, Provincial Nominee Program
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Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.)
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Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
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Public Policy