{"id":7371,"date":"2026-08-05T14:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?p=7371"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:06:20","slug":"alumnus-op-ed-immigration-should-strengthen-canada-not-substitute-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/2026\/alumnus-op-ed-immigration-should-strengthen-canada-not-substitute-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus Op-Ed: Immigration Should Strengthen Canada, Not Substitute for It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Alumnus Op-Ed: Immigration Should Strengthen Canada, Not Substitute for It\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>In this thoughtful op-ed, MPM 2019 alumnus, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/people\/benjamin-lamb\/\">Benjamin Lamb<\/a>, examines how immigration can and should support Canada\u2019s long-term growth, while also making the case that it cannot be treated as a substitute for investing in domestic talent, skills development, and workforce participation. The piece encourages a more balanced approach to labour market challenges, one that values strategic immigration while asking harder questions about youth employment, temporary labour, and how to build a stronger, more self-sustaining economy. A timely and engaging read for anyone interested in public policy, labour markets, and Canada\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/labour\/2026\/08\/industry-perspectives-op-ed-immigration-should-be-a-strength-not-a-substitute\">Daily Commercial News: Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Immigration should be a strength, not a substitute.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this thoughtful op-ed, MPM 2019 alumnus, Benjamin Lamb, examines how immigration can and should support Canada\u2019s long-term growth, while also making the case that it cannot be treated as a substitute for investing in domestic talent, skills development, and workforce participation. The piece encourages a more balanced approach to labour market challenges, one that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":7200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7372,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371\/revisions\/7372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}