Canada does not need that many immigrants, and the notion that immigration keeps Canada going is anything but a myth.
This is, in short, the message of a newly-formed immigration think-tank, The Centre for Immigration Policy Reform.
The Centre was formally launched on Sep. 28 in the Canadian capital Ottawa, and has notable diplomats, security analysts, academics and journalists on its board.
The Centre doubts the benefits of immigration to Canada. The Centre says that data shows the income of new immigrants has been steadily falling since the eighties, as compared to their Canadian-born counterparts. Besides, it also claims that that only 17-percent of the new immigrants allowed into Canada every year “are fully assessed on the basis of their employment and language skills”.
The Centre also claims that “it is estimated that recent immigrants receive billions of dollars a year more in benefits than they pay in taxes.”
It also says it is worried about the burden on the economy placed by the seniors of new Canadians who will be allowed into the country as part of family reunion program.
But more fundamentally, the group argues that there is no real benefit from continued high level of immigration.
The Centre is calling for a debate on immigration issues.
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