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As polls now point to an imminent victory for Canada's Conservative
party in the elections to be held on January 23, 2006, that will end 12
years of Liberal party rule in Canada, it is time to assess what effect
this will have on future Canadian immigration policy.

This will depend of course on whether the Conservatives gain a majority
in Canada's Parliament, or if it is resigned to broker its political
agenda with Canada's three other parties of consequence, the
Liberals, the separatist Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party,
just as the current Liberals were forced to do when it was re-elected
with a minority in the elections of June 2004.

The current version of the Conservative party founded and led by
Stephen Harper, is the product of a merger in December 2003 between the
former pro western Canadian Alliance and the former Progressive
Conservative Party of Canada, which swept to power in Canada under the
infamous Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1984, before imploding in
1993.

It is said that Stephen Harper is quite fond of the leanings of the
former Prime Minister Mulroney. During the Mulroney years, immigration
levels to Canada steadily and dramatically increased in each of the
party's 8 years of power to the point, that in its last full year of
political power in 1992, Canada admitted 252,842 newcomers under all
categories. This figure is quite comparable to the numbers of
admissions under the Liberals in each of its 12 years of power during
the period 1993 - 2005.

In fact, annual admissions to Canada have consistently exceeded the
200,000 threshold since the early 1990's as Canadian immigration
policy has closely followed that of other OECD countries, configured in
part to combat a number of demographic developments including, an aging
population, a growing elderly dependency ratio, a shrinking labour
force and the ongoing dilemma in Canada of brain drain.

So there is no reason to believe that annual immigration levels in
Canada will be reduced under a Harper run government. The question is,
can we expect a substantial increase in the numbers of admissions to
Canada over current levels under the Conservatives, as the Liberals
have been promising since 1993? This is unlikely until our
infrastructure and capacity to absorb newcomers is improved.

One area that continues to cause continued controversy amongst
immigrants to Canada and which the Conservatives promise to address, is
the difficulty newcomers incur in having their credentials recognized
by Canadian employers. It is common knowledge that many professionals
and trades persons continue to face barriers, - largely imposed by the
provincially administered professional bodies and trades councils, in
receiving permission to work in their occupations in Canada. The
conundrum is that on the one hand current immigration selection rules
favour individuals with education and work experience while on the
other, newcomers often face insurmountable hurdles to have their
foreign credentials recognized to become employed in their vocation.

Moreover, numerous studies show that many immigrants in Canada can
initially face prolonged periods of an under-utilization of their
skills and suffer pay inequities for carrying out the same work as
native born Canadians.

The Conservatives pledged to address this problem by introducing an
agency to accredit foreign qualifications. But this proposed solution,
on its face, is far too simplistic and completely ignores the reality
that the right to work in the provinces falls entirely under provincial
jurisdiction. Unless agreement is reached with the provincially
administered professional associations - and there are at least ten
times more professional associations in Canada (each with a mandate to
uphold barriers to entry) than all the provinces put together, this
pledge will have no meaningful effect.

Practitioners agree that change in this area is essential for the
continued success of Canada's immigration policy. As with most
complex scenarios however, change of this nature can take a long time
and will likely take hold only out of necessity. Perhaps we can only
expect to see a gradual change in philosophy from within the trades'
councils and the professions, when there are no pediatricians and
family physicians, no bookkeepers, no plumbers, electricians, welders
or skilled trades' persons in many other occupations within a
continually expanding geographical area. This is what is already taking
place.

Perhaps as membership within the various professional bodies begins to
fall, or revenues to sustain their operating budgets becomes untenable,
the rigid philosophy that currently prevails amongst these regulatory
circles, will gradually lead to change.

An area that is guaranteed to stir controversy is the stated plan by
Harper to introduce new debate in Canada's Parliament over gay
marriage. The issue of same sex marriages underwent an important
development in Canada following the proclamation of the federal Civil
Marriages Act last year. This legislation flows from a landmark
December 2004 Supreme Court of Canada ruling upholding Parliament's
authority to legislate in this area. It extends the legal capacity for
marriage to same sex couples in Canada.

This has also had widespread effect in many areas in Canada including
the field of immigration. Canadian immigration rules, under a complex
formula, now recognize the rights of same sex couples as a member of
the family class or as an accompanying family member under the Canadian
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. who have married in Canada. It
is no wonder therefore, that many same-sex couples have been rushing to
formalize their matrimonial status in anticipation of a new change in
government.

The Conservatives have promised to embark on a tough stand in favour of
strengthening Canada's security provisions in a number of areas. In
addition to modifications to mandatory sentencing legislation, gun
control and tougher provisions at Canada's border crossings, we can
also expect to see increased budgetary allocations to enforce
deportations of unwanted immigrants.

The Conservatives have also pledged to eliminate the $975 charge on new
immigrants, which the Liberals introduced in the late 1990's.

Few will object to these two initiatives.

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Article Source: http://www.immigration.ca/permres-gii-elections2006.asp



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COLIN R. SINGER, Attorney
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