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Where are the immigrants in Canada’s policy debates?

Any social policy after COVID-19 needs to acknowledge the diversity of those whose interests are at stake.

By Keith Banting
Where are the immigrants in Canada’s policy debates?
Canadian Customs and Immigration sign | Picture by Kurt Williams / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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With COVID-19 disrupting travel, shutting borders, and redefining what is essential work, Pandemic Borders explores what international migration will look like after the pandemic, in this series titled #MigrantFutures 

COVID-19 is the great revealer. It has revealed yawning gaps in Canada’s current patchwork of social programs, which manifestly failed to cope with the crisis. Emergency measures such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and wage subsidies had to be rushed into place simply to keep individuals, families and the economy afloat.

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