{"id":2565,"date":"2017-01-18T23:58:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2018-03-08T23:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T04:28:00","slug":"bank-of-canada-governor-more-trade-and-immigration-good-for-canadas-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/bank-of-canada-governor-more-trade-and-immigration-good-for-canadas-prosperity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Canada Governor – More trade and immigration good for Canada’s prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bank of Canada Governor – More trade and immigration good for Canada’s prosperity<\/h1>\n

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz used a history lesson Tuesday to make a case for a policy mix frequently promoted by the federal government \u2013 an openness to more foreign investment, immigration and free trade.<\/p>\n

In a prepared speech, Poloz said Canada has seen these ingredients produce positive economic results in its past, including the freer-market colonial times, the early 1900s and the post-Second World War era.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, he said periods that saw Canada turn inwards, such as the tariff-heavy years that followed Confederation and the Great Depression, have rarely led to success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find the correlation between economic progress and openness to be striking,\u201d Poloz said in the speech, to be delivered at Durham College in his hometown of Oshawa, Ont.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen trade barriers are falling, when people are coming to our shores and when investment is rising, Canadians prosper.\u201d Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Bank of Canada Governor – More trade and immigration good for Canada’s prosperity<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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