Immigrant Entrepreneurs in New Brunswick: Entrepreneurial Practices and Strategies in an Unusual Context
Since 2000, the government of New Brunswick is selecting its own immigrant entrepreneurs, mainly from South Corea and China. In an era of neoliberal policies and practices, these immigrants, who possess huge financial assets, are selected to fix the province’s economic woes, which include a high rate of unemployment, an aging population and the inability to retain its youth. While the government of New Brunswick is developing its own strategies through immigration policies, immigrants have their own roadmap. This paper sheds light on the unusual and vulnerable situation of immigrant entrepreneurs in the province.