In the immigrant news outlet New Canadian Media, AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie discusses the Maritime habit of referring to outsiders as people who "come from away." He relays his own story of immigration to Canada as a refugee, and argues that the country and the region are welcoming places indeed. Read this piece on the [...]
The federal government has agreed to increase immigration in Atlantic Canada by 2,000 people, to fill job vacancies and alleviate outmigration. This policy would roughly double the region’s current migrant intake. Unfortunately, there is little reason to believe that their plan will work. More immigrants will come, but will they stay? If our [...]
In a Globe and Mail story by Jane Taber, Marco Navarro-Génie says, "More people alone can’t fix the economy, especially when we can’t retain the people that we do bring." Read the full story on the Globe and Mail website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_9ZGmDNs0 The federal government and the four Atlantic premiers are launching a three-year pilot project [...]
Atlantic Canada needs more people. With birth rates in decline and young people leaving, the region will continue to experience a shortage of workers. Fortunately, immigrants can help offset this problem. But for our investment in immigration to succeed, more must be done to encourage newcomers to stay in our region. Because immigrants [...]
Originally published in the National Post. This is exciting: the column I wrote earlier this week on the folly of forcing immigrants to settle and stay in Atlantic Canada generated a headline with my name in it. Granted, the headline was, “Dear Marni Soupcoff: go soak your head.” But still. You don’t get your full [...]
This originally appeared in the National Post. Former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna has an idea for revitalizing Atlantic Canada: make new immigrants live there. According to the Canadian Press, Mr. McKenna is suggesting the federal government create a program requiring newcomers to the country to spend three to five years in one or more [...]