加拿大政府酝酿”全球人才签证” 解决劳动力短缺

目前加拿大各地面临高失业率，在增加移民的问题上存在严重分歧。不过，联邦创新部长贝恩思（Navdeep Bains，图）本周表示，加拿大正在考虑推出一项“全球人才签证”，以吸引高技术人才。

据《环球邮报》报道，贝恩思周三在渥太华一个专家小组讨论会上说，政府正在考虑更改移民政策，以便吸引英国退欧后可能流失的顶尖人才，以及解决国内的劳动力短缺。不过，加拿大政府要做更多工作来说服本国公民，移民不会加剧失业率的恶化。

国内质疑声大

贝恩思说，“现在的情况是，大家对移民政策仍有顾虑。”

“一谈到移民，比如说，我们想要吸收更多移民，这对国家经济有益，就会有人反对。”

他说，反对者担心，移民会使失业率上升，所以政府的工作是说服他们，移民可以创造更多就业。

他表示，这是一项艰难的讨论，但是看看英国退欧的形势，以及美国的现状，如果能够利用全球的顶尖人才，推出全球人才签证，吸引这些有意来加拿大发展的人才，是有巨大的可行性的。
部长表示，加拿大正在考虑修改移民政策和人数，以解决技术短缺问题。

他对记者表示：“我们也要吸收那些最优秀的人才，因为这才是未来国家经济成功的关键。”目前最大的难题是，如何说服对移民和经济政策仍然持有怀疑态度的加拿大人。

Advisory group’s economic blueprint calls for dramatic increase in immigration, foreign investment
Sean Silcoff And Bill Curry

OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 5:00AM EDT

A group of external advisers to Finance Minister Bill Morneau will call on the government this week to dramatically increase the level of immigration and foreign investment coming in to Canada to stimulate a sluggish economy in future years.

Their recommendations include increasing immigration by 50 per cent to 450,000 people annually over five years while easing the process for high-skilled and entrepreneurial foreigners to come here; building a new department to entice foreign direct investment into Canada; and creating an arm’s length infrastructure bank. The recommendations were confirmed by several senior sources who spoke with The Globe and Mail.

Canada can outperform the world with the right plan: Navdeep Bains

IN a period of low economic growth, Canada needs to invest in developing the talent and skills of its people. Canada should also focus on turning start-up companies into globally competitive successes and use the government’s purchasing power to drive innovation.

These are the priority areas of the Government of Canada’s Innovation Agenda, a plan to drive economic growth, while creating well-paying jobs for the middle class and those working hard to join it.

This message was delivered by Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, at the Public Policy Forum’s Growth Summit.

Bains participated in a discussion with John Manley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada. He compared notes with Manley about the economic conditions and challenges faced by Canada during his tenure as minister of the same portfolio in the 1990s.

During the discussion, Bains emphasized the need for both government and the private sector to make smart investments in three key areas:

• * People: Expand work-integrated learning programs, such as internships, apprenticeships and continuous learning opportunities, for Canadians at every stage of their careers—from new graduates right up to the highest-ranking executives.
• * Technology: Set big horizon goals and create broad-based partnerships to fund ambitious research projects that solve complex, large-scale problems and spark commercial opportunities for the private sector.
• * Companies: Leverage the buying power of government, as the single-largest purchaser of goods and services, to support the growth of innovative companies that have the potential to be globally competitive.

Bains said: “The government is prepared to think big, aim high and act boldly to drive economic growth through innovation. Our government has a plan to create the conditions for well-paying jobs for the middle class, growth across all industries and an improved quality of life for all Canadians. With this plan, Canada can outperform the rest of the world.”

Canada’s Public Policy Forum is an independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the quality of government in Canada through dialogue among leaders from all sectors of society.

Canadians have participated enthusiastically during a summer of public engagement on the Innovation Agenda: 28 round-table discussions and thousands of digital interactions have yielded over 1,300 ideas to date.