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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · 22d

Please take some time to read the recommendations of the @CDHoweInstitute's Immigration Targets Council. The challenges are much bigger than the raw numbers. Canada's immigration policy needs a fundamental course correction.
cdhowe.org/publication/...

Immigration Policy Still in Need of a Course Correction – C.D. Howe Institute

Second Meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute Immigration Targets Council The C.D. Howe Institute Immigration Targets Council held its second meeting on August 26, 2025, bringing together leading academic...

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · 28d

It's free and fun. Join us! 👇

cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for the 2025-2026 CLEF Webinar Series!

Season opener on October 3 at 1-2pm ET. Full schedule: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/.

To register, send an email to [email protected] with "CLEF Webinar" in the subject line. See you soon!

Webinar Series – Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · 29d

My thoughts on the CPC’s call to shut down the TFW Program.
youtu.be/_gBjxpkjUbk?...

CBC Power & Politics, September 8, 2025

YouTube video by Mikal Skuterud

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well done, Fabian! Tried to make the same point here. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

The summer funk isn’t over yet for young, jobless Canadians

With the youth unemployment rate at a rare high, Gen Z is scrambling for entry-level work – and there’s no hope of a quick fix, economists say

www.theglobeandmail.com

Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pogues in 1994 at RPM in Toronto with Spider Stacy up front. Would much rather have seen Strummer in Brixton!!! Will tell you offline how that night ended with me being escorted by security out the RPM back door.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Aug 10

Here it is. Nice! Same real spending in 2023-2024 as 2001-2002.

Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Aug 10

I wonder how much can be explained by aging populations. A bigger share of budget going to healthcare and smaller share to education. What’s happened to real transfers per domestic postsecondary student?

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jul 1

Special week visiting the kids at St. James Orthopaedic and Surgical Hospital in Jinja, Uganda. Consider giving. A small amount can make a huge difference in a kid’s life.
👉 one4anotherintl.ca

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jun 18

An update.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jun 18

Winter population growth in Canada is always slow but this year it was especially slow. Only 0.2% annualized. Lowest on record and perhaps in Canada's history.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jun 5

Nice! Lots of interesting and important dynamics packed into two charts, for sure. :)

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excellent stuff! Only quibble is I wonder if the student-TFW tradeoff matters. Marginal increase in foreign students in recent years has been close substitute for low-wage TFWs. Migrants seeking Canadian jobs learned study permits are best option.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · May 25

Anyone else having difficulty accessing the Open Government Data Portal the past couple of days?
👉https://open.canada.ca

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cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · Apr 7

Registration for the CLEF conference (April 25 & 26, Toronto, in partnership with @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social) open until April 15.

Join us for a keynote lecture by @imarinescu.bsky.social
and papers on wide variety of labour topics: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

| Stone Centre for Wealth and Income Inequality

The Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF) is a network of Canadian academic researchers focused on the analysis of labour markets, including issues of human capital and skills development, labour sho...

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University of Waterloo @uwaterloo.ca · Apr 4

Waterloo professor @mikalskuterud.bsky.social is a leading expert in the economics of Canadian immigration. His latest research unveils the economic impact of international students, showing they outperform Canadian-born graduates and are more likely to stay & thrive in Canada.

🔗 bit.ly/4iXXpTE

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Mar 30

*NEW* The most reliable data we have indicate that growth in the average real earnings of Canadian workers has clearly picked up pace in the past year.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Mar 28

Attention: university faculty. If you're advising international students seeking Canadian employment and permanent residency status, tell them to put all their energy into finding a full-time job as a line cook at Denny's. Seriously.

Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Mar 20

And paying big tuition fee premiums. Question is what happens to these “extra people” in coming quarters. To what extend do they leave denominator or remain working in low-wage jobs. This will influence if we get back to GDPpc trend which is what this “maximalist” will be following. :)

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Mar 19

*NEW* Real GDP per capita growth showed its first year-over-year increase in 7 quarters between the 4th quarter of 2023 and 2024. +0.36% annual growth reflecting the combination of an uptick in real GDP growth and downtick in population growth.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Mar 19

*NEW* Canada's non-permanent resident (NPR) share of the population fell from 7.35% to 7.27% between October 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025. First decline in post-pandemic era, but need NPR population to drop by 31.5% in next 2 years for government to hit its 5% target.

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Kelly Foley @kellyfoley.bsky.social · Mar 14

Some projects, rather than using up time, feed your energy; working w/ @cortesecon.bsky.social & @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social & all at @cleforum.bsky.social to organize the 1st annual CLEF conference is giving me that buzz.

Join us April 25/26! register here stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

| Stone Centre for Wealth and Income Inequality

The Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF) is a network of Canadian academic researchers focused on the analysis of labour markets, including issues of human capital and skills development, labour sho...

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cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · Mar 11

This week in the CLEF webinar series:

Justin Wiltshire @jcwetcoast.bsky.social (University of Victoria) is presenting ”The Impact of Walmart’s Growth on the U.S. Social Safety Net”

Friday, March 14, 1pm (EDT)

For more information, and to register:
clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/2024...

2024-2025 – Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Feb 11

Changes in average wages and unemployment rates are driven by new labour market entrants. In recent years, new entrants have overwhelmingly been non-permanent residents. The undersampling of NPRs in the Labour Force Survey is a problem that needs to be addressed. cdhowe.org/publication/...

The Growing Data Gap on Canada’s Temporary Resident Workforce – C.D. Howe Institute

Study in Brief Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) underestimates the rapidly growing non-permanent resident (NPR) population. This undercount potentially distorts important economic indicat...

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cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · Jan 21

This week in the CLEF webinar series:

Catherine Michaud-Leclerc @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social (Laval) is presenting “The Long-Term Effects of School Quality in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From 15 Years of Data”

Friday Jan 24, 1-2pm. For more info & to register: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/2024...

2024-2025 – Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · Jan 18

Chart of the day.

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