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J’can professionals, working-age citizens flock to Canada, making up largest groups in 2023
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Published:Friday | July 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter
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Sociologist Dr Orville Taylor.
Jamaica continues to lose its professionals to Canada, with the largest number of migrants to the North American country in 2023 belonging to the “professionals, senior officials and technician” category.
Of the 4,340 Jamaicans granted permanent resident status in Canada last year, 78 per cent, or 3,390, were in the working-age population of 15-64 years, according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s 2023 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica.
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Are minimum wage jobs increasing in this booming tourism industry to make up that loss, which means a degradation in the middle class.
J’can professionals, working-age citizens flock to Canada, making up largest groups in 2023
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Published:Friday | July 19, 2024 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter
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Sociologist Dr Orville Taylor.
Jamaica continues to lose its professionals to Canada, with the largest number of migrants to the North American country in 2023 belonging to the “professionals, senior officials and technician” category.
Of the 4,340 Jamaicans granted permanent resident status in Canada last year, 78 per cent, or 3,390, were in the working-age population of 15-64 years, according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s 2023 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica.
TALENT SHIFT | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner (jamaica-gleaner.com)
Are minimum wage jobs increasing in this booming tourism industry to make up that loss, which means a degradation in the middle class.
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