Stakeholder Consultations Questions

Introduction: Immigration to Canada

1. Please provide your name, organization and contact details in the space provided below:

• Name:
• Organization:
• Phone:
• Email:

2. Which of the following best describes your organization?

1. Employer / Employee Association
2. Business / Sector Association
3. Professional Association
4. Labour/Union Group
5. Settlement/Integration service provider
6. Academic/Public Policy Institution
7. Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program Agreement Holder
8. Immigration Consultant / Lawyer
9. Education Institution / Education Association
10. Municipal Association / Municipal Government
11. Community Organization
12. Other (please specify)

3. Please indicate the province(s) and/or territory(ies) in which you operate. Please check all that apply.

1. Newfoundland and Labrador
2. Nova Scotia
3. Prince Edward Island
4. New Brunswick
5. Quebec
6. Ontario
7. Manitoba
8. Saskatchewan
9. Alberta
10. British Columbia
11. Nunavut
12. Northwest Territories
13. Yukon

4. In recent years, immigration levels have been between 240,000 -265,000 admissions per year (approximately 0.7% of Canada’s population). We would like to know about your experience with the current level of immigration, from the perspective of your organization, and from a national, regional and/or provincial viewpoint.

1. Overall, would you say your experience with the current level of immigration has been positive, negative or neutral?
   • Positive
   • Neutral
   • Negative
2. Please explain why your experience has been positive, negative or neutral in the space below.

The Levels Plan must balance several objectives, including economic growth and competitiveness, family reunification and humanitarian protection along with protecting the health, safety and security of Canadians. The immigration system is also subject to operational constraints that limit the number of admissions that can be achieved within a given year. Sometimes, compromises may be required in trying to balance these objectives within the current operational constraints. The following questions seek your views regarding how to find the appropriate balance.

5. Immigration can be positioned to meet a variety of objectives. Please rate the objectives below in order from one to six, where one is not at all important, and six is very important:

6. The following is a list of six factors that might influence immigration levels planning. Please rate the factors below in order from one to six, where one is not at all important, and six is very important when establishing immigration levels.

According to population projections released by Statistics Canada in May 2010, Canada’s population would be 43.8 million people by 2036 (medium growth scenario), compared to 33.7 million in 2009. The medium growth scenario assumed an immigration rate of 7.5 per 1000 (or 0.75% of the population) – the current rate of immigration. Under this scenario, it is estimated that Canada would receive roughly 333,600 immigrants a year by 2036, compared with 252,000 in 2009. [ Note 1 ]

7. Please consider the projections above: if immigration levels were to rise significantly,

1. Would the order of the 6 factors you identified in question #6 change?
   1. Yes.
   2. No
2. Should the balance between economic immigrants and non-economic immigrants change? In other words, would the current balance between economic class, family class and protected persons class change?
   1. Yes
   2. No
3. Please explain.