Christopher Worswick
CanadaacademicMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.01%Christopher Worswick is the chair of the economics department at Carleton University and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. He has recently been in the news for advocating a renewed focus on welcoming international students to Canada as a strategic economic response to U.S. tariffs, highlighting the substantial financial contributions that international students make to the Canadian economy through tuition and living expenses.
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Christopher Worswick is a professor of economics at Carleton University and a fellow of the Global Labor Organization.
If Canada Auto can’t survive, let it fade away. Courting China is not the solutionCanada· 2026-06-22
According to research from C.D. Howe’s Christopher Worswick and other economists, lower-scoring workers are more likely to struggle economically and make less money.
Canada has gutted its economic migration programCanada· 2026-01-31
Christopher Worswick is a co-author with Mikal Skuterud on a paper analyzing the skills mix among temporary workers in Canada.
Labour pains: Why Canada’s reliance on temporary foreign workers may be hurting growthCanada· 2025-11-25
Christopher Worswick argues that there’s a fiscal consequence to category-based selection.
Where does Canada’s immigration system go from here?Canada· 2025-10-05
Christopher Worswick is a professor of economics at Carleton University.
Want a pipeline? Let’s use nuclear power to reduce oil sands emissionsCanada· 2025-09-18
Christopher Worswick is a professor of economics at Carleton University and an external fellow of the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London.
Where’s this brain gain of elite U.S. professors we keep talking about?Canada· 2025-08-04
Christopher Worswick is the chair of the economics department at Carleton University.
Why a province like B.C. blocks a pipeline for a province like AlbertaCanada· 2025-06-12
Christopher Worswick is chair of the economics department at Carleton University.
The spectre of Alberta separatism might actually be good for Canada’s economyCanada· 2025-05-30
Professor Christopher Worswick highlights the challenges of absorbing displaced workers in the labor market.
A voter’s guide to Canada’s (potential) economic futureCanada· 2025-04-26
Christopher Worswick is chair of the economics department at Carleton University and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Opinion: If the trade war hobbles Canada’s auto sector, let’s just phase it outCanada· 2025-03-13
Christopher Worswick is chair of the economics department at Carleton University and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Opinion: In this economy? It’s time to welcome foreign students againCanada· 2025-02-25