Canada Wins in Brain Drains and Brain Gains

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"TEXT 1753.","Canadian Speeches: Volume 14, #06, January/February 2001.","Director General, Social and Institutional Division, Statistics Canada.","Canada wins in brain drains and brain gains.","SCOTT MURRAY. ","Immigration and emigration.","In brain drains and gains through emigration and immigration, Canada gains more than it loses; but in some sectors the losses will be difficult to replace. The number of professional and other highly qualified people who leave for the United States is small. They are more than offset by highly-qualified immigrants, who may initially face difficult adjustments but wind up in their chosen fields, earning more than equally-qualified native-born Canadians. In addition to emigration, there has also been a large flow of temporary workers to the United States -- but at least half of these return to Canada, bringing back with them added experience, knowledge and skills. Despite this, the brain drain is still a loss to the Canadian economy and society. A large loss of very qualified people in the academic and healthcare sectors will be difficult to replace. Speech to the "Brain Drain, Brain Gain" seminar sponsored by The Maytree Foundation and The St. Lawrence Centre Forum, Toronto, May 25, 2000."," The issue of the brain drain crawled back onto the federal policy …