Canada’s 2024 budget and its impact on immigration

The federal government released this week its budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, with a big emphasis on housing construction and affordability, the economy and improving the country’s labour force productivity. While immigration was not one of the key topics of the upcoming fiscal plan, the new budget will still have an impact on the

Immigrants Spend More of Their Income on Housing Than Non-Immigrants

A higher percentage of immigrant families in London spend more than 30% of their income on housing compared to non-immigrant families. Even though immigrant families pay a higher percentage of their income on housing, they are more likely to have unsuitable housing than non-immigrant families. The National Housing Strategy Act (2019) declared that “the right to adequate

Housing as a social determinant of health for immigrants

Social determinants of health, as defined by the World Health Organization are the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They include the conditions related to where an individual is born, grows up, lives and works – as well as the wider circumstances that shape the conditions of an individual’s daily life. Social determinants of health