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Canada wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector, but it’s losing the immigrant workers it needs

Canada wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector, but it’s losing the immigrant workers it needs

Canada’s manufacturing revival depends on skilled immigrant workers, yet tariff-related layoffs and policy gaps are pushing many out of the sector.

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Marshia Akbar

Tariffs are reshaping Canadian manufacturing, but not all workers are being impacted the same way

U.S. tariffs disrupted Canada’s manufacturing sector in 2025, but their labour-market effects didn’t impact immigrant and Canadian-born workers...

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Marshia Akbar