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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Immigration and the Welfare State in Canada: Growing Conflicts, Constructive Solutions
This paper recommends a continuation of the efforts to achieve a better use of the high skill levels of the recent wave of educated immigrants. However, its main recommendation involves a fundamental reform of Canada's immigration selection process to prevent the need for such measures and to avoid large costs to taxpayers in the future.
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Herbert Grubel
Professor Emeritus of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Herbert G. Grubel is a Senior Fellow at The Fraser Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Economics, Simon Fraser University. Hehas a B.A. from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. He has taught full-time at Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Pennsylvania; and has had temporary appointments at universities in Berlin, Singapore, Cape Town, Nairobi, Oxford, and Canberra. Herbert Grubel was the Reform Party Member of Parliament for Capliano-Howe Sound from 1993 to 1997, serving as the Finance Critic from 1995 to 1997. He has published 16 books and 180 professional articles in economics dealing with international trade and finance and a wide range of economic policy issues.… Read more