{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/659f464c3f69070017409684/698a4cc768c8ed48f05fcf2c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#199 - Is Canada’s Population Decline Good for the Economy?","description":"<p>Canada is deliberately slowing, and possibly reversing, its population growth. But what does that actually mean for the economy?</p><p><br></p><p>We are joined by economist Mikuel Scutterat for a wide-ranging and candid conversation about Canada’s immigration reset, GDP per capita, shrinking rental markets, Express Entry category draws, francophone targets, regional programs, and the political risks of a rapidly changing system, winners and losers when immigration rises or falls, why focusing on “essential workers” may be bad long-term policy and social cohesion. </p><p><br></p><p>03:06 – Does population size actually matter for prosperity?</p><p>10:45 – Falling rents and distributional effects</p><p>15:01 – Human capital vs labour shortages</p><p>20:39 – Are French targets distorting outcomes?</p><p><br></p><p>Listener Questions</p><p><br></p><p>32:55 – Economics of mass regularization</p><p>39:02 – Regional immigration targets </p><p>43:39 – Country caps</p><p>48:57 – Underemployment </p>","author_name":"Steven Meurrens and Deanna Okun-Nachoff"}