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I'm not so certain about that. Government of Canada is aiming at increasing immigration to around 400,000 to 420,000 new immigrants per year, most of whom are g
by somerandomqaguy 6y ago
I'm not so certain about that. Government of Canada is aiming at increasing immigration to around 400,000 to 420,000 new immigrants per year, most of whom are going to skilled workers.
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October 30, 2020—Ottawa—The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tabled the 2021‒2023 Immigration Levels Plan today, which sets out a path for responsible increases to immigration targets to help the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19, drive future growth and create jobs for middle class Canadians.
The pandemic has highlighted the contribution of immigrants to the well-being of our communities and across all sectors of the economy. Our health-care system relies on immigrants to keep Canadians safe and healthy. Other industries, such as information technology companies and our farmers and producers, also rely on the talent of newcomers to maintain supply chains, expand their businesses and, in turn, create more jobs for Canadians.
[...] [T]he global travel restrictions and capacity constraints led to a shortfall in admissions over the last several months. To compensate for the shortfall and ensure Canada has the workers it needs to fill crucial labour market gaps and remain competitive on the world stage, the 2021 to 2023 levels plan aims to continue welcoming immigrants at a rate of about 1% of the population of Canada, including 401,000 permanent residents in 2021, 411,000 in 2022 and 421,000 in 2023. The previous plan set targets of 351,000 in 2021 and 361,000 in 2022.
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https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2020/10/government-of-canada-announces-plan-to-support-economic-recovery-through-immigration.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ne...
- pm90 6y agoI love it when people point to skilled immigration as somehow being bad for wages. Whats more likely to happen in that Canada may finally get a robust and dynamic technology labor market. With its sensible immigration laws, I know that a lot of my international peers are seriously considering moving to Canada. New immigrants will favor Canada over the immigrant hostile, gun-obsessed and anti-science US.
- 908B64B197 6y ago> New immigrants will favor Canada over the immigrant hostile, gun-obsessed and anti-science US. I've been hearing that for a long time, especially during the last 4 years. Yet it has not materialized. Often, for international workers, attorneys will file twice: one in Canada and one in the US. If the US one gets slapped with RFEs or isn't strong enough to qualify, the Canadian one is used and is systematically approved. > Whats more likely to happen in that Canada may finally get a robust and dynamic technology labor market. Negotiating easier free trade with the US as well as matching US law would be more productive, as it would dramatically expand the customer base. But what's crucially lacking is a strong investment culture of venture capitalism and risk taking.
- kache_ 6y agoYes, our government policies actively work against Canadian citizens. Hopefully by then I'll have brain drained out of here into America, like most of my peers.
- JAlexoid 6y agoWell... You're clearly xenophobic.
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- kache_ 6y agoVoting for your own and your family's interest is being racist. Okay, hnewslet. I guess I'm just one of those minorities that is in fact a racist white person in disguise.
- JAlexoid 6y agoVoting to restrict other people's freedoms based on their ethnic/national origin is - indeed - xenophobic. Being a minority doesn't excuse you from being racist and xenophobic.