Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) October 2011
Canada has three million citizens living abroad, yet many are unable to get ballots or are no longer eligible to vote in federal elections. The impact of this disenfranchisement is substantial...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) June 2010
Some 2.8 million Canadian citizens live abroad, 8% of the population and as many as the population of some provinces. However, relatively little is known about them. Public policy on Canadian...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) March 2010
Canada needs a long-term strategy based upon research to both define the issues and options and to frame the policy responses to Canadian citizens facing dire circumstances overseas. At a...
Canada has a hidden province, more populous than Manitoba or Saskatchewan, with more citizens than all of Atlantic Canada. Where is this ‘secret’ province?
Canada has experienced a unique problem as a subset of its immigrants, approximately 10%, leave after ascension to citizenship.
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) July 2009
In April 2009, changes to Canada’s citizenship law removed the rights of naturalized Canadian citizens living abroad to pass on their citizenship to children born abroad. The author argues...
This paper looks at the two major destinations for Canada’s diaspora, namely the United States and Hong Kong, to explore the questions of who leaves Canada and how do leavers perform relative to...
Canada is experiencing its worst labour shortage in over 30 years. While immigration is often seen as a partial solution to the labour deficit, Canada faces serious challenges in facilitating the...
Editorial (Canada-Asia Viewpoints - Op-Ed) October 2006
The evacuation of tens of thousands of Canadian citizens from Lebanon has ignited a debate about dual citizenship which largely overlooks the huge benefit to this country of overseas Canadians....
The report is one of a series of papers commissioned by APF Canada in response to a dialogue on Canadian foreign policy initiated by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham.
