24. Regional differences in labour force Source : Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. From Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration presentation at Metropolis 2010. Immigrants in the Labour Force
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26. Ontario: unemployment Source : Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. From Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration presentation at Metropolis 2010.
27. Ontario: education and unemployment Source: Toronto Immigrant Employment Initiative, York University.
National. Shows Ontario vs Canada vs all the other provinces. Ontario has the most significant. In Canada, 21% of the workforce, but in Ontario 30% of the workforce is immigrants. Newfoundland 1%. BC 27%. If we’ve established that immigrants are differentially impacted by the recession, and 30% of Ontario’s labour force is immigrants. Then Ontario is significantly impacted. With some of the policies you have to unpack by sector, region, sector, by length of time. Key part of the thesis! Stats Can Labour Force Survey. From MCI of Ontario presentation at Metropolis 2010.
This tells us that because of changes in EI, both men and women, but women worse able to get benefits – labour attachment requirements more stringent – more part time, maternitiy leaves, etc. less likely to qualify. Big decline for both from 90 to 97. this will also impacat immigrants. Immigrants impacted for same reasons and even more in part time, seasonal, non-standard work – and new immigrants have less labour market attachment to be eligible for EI. Keith Banting, Queen’s University, 2010.
If unemployed in Ontario, far less likely to get EI than if you are in Newfoundland, just because of geography. Adjusted EI act in a way that creates geographic disparities. Keith Banting, Queen’s University, 2010.