La reconnaissance des qualifications professionnelles comme condition à l’immigration au Québec? : cadre juridique et enjeux politiques d’une réforme de procédure en amont
Canada, Australia and the European Union represent among the most coveted destinations for the vast number of highly-qualified immigrants around the globe. Supported by national policies and initiatives seeking their integration, the increasing mobility of these workers nevertheless poses great challenges, as host countries strive to coordinate economic objectives with long-term demographic supply. The recognition of foreign qualifications consistently figures among the main stakes in the management of these migratory flows, imposing itself in the admission process to regulated professions in Quebec as in other provincial, national and Community jurisdictions. Our research aims at explaining the correlation between the economic selection model chosen specifically by Quebec and the laborious labour market integration efforts on behalf of the newly-arrived qualified immigrants. We examine the viability and usefulness of reforming the pre-migratory administrative procedure in permanent residency applications by including within it a mandatory credential assessment by competent regulatory authorities. Drawing upon legal arrangements to this effect in force in Australia and the European Union, we seek to determine whether the importing of such a rigorous selection process is realistic and desirable for the particular Quebec context.
Immigration models Recognition Foreign qualifications Quebec Australia European Union