Government of Canada Tables 2010 Immigration Plan
Robert Peffers
240,000 and 265,000 immigrants next year despite the global economic
slowdown.
I applaud you on your determination to ensure that Canada remains an
open, tolerant, diverse, cosmopolitan, multi-racial, multi-ethnic,
multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-cultural, bi-lingual, bi-
national, immigrant friendly country despite the growing fear
mongering, isolationism, xenophobia, racism, and bigotry emanating
from the grassroots of your own Conservative Party of Canada; Mr
Harper. Keep up the good work in this area.
-Robert James (Auld Bob) Peffers
Oct 30, 2009 16:17 ET
Government of Canada Tables 2010 Immigration Plan
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2009) - Jason Kenney, Minister
of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, tabled Citizenship
and Immigration Canada's 2009 Annual Report today in Parliament.
"While other countries have cut back immigration levels as a short-
term response to the global economic downturn, our government is
actually maintaining its immigration levels to meet the country's
medium- to long-term economic needs," said Minister Kenney.
"Canada plans to welcome between 240,000 and 265,000 new permanent
residents in 2010, the same number of immigrants as in recent years.
In 2010, Canada will again welcome more new permanent residents than
the average annual intake during the 1990s," said Minister Kenney.
"The focus of the 2010 plan is on economic immigration to support
Canada's economy during and beyond the current economic recovery."
In particular, the admission ranges for immigrants nominated by the
provinces and territories have been increased. Provinces and
territories are in the best position to understand how Canada's
immigration intake can be aligned to their labour market needs.
Second, by increasing the admission ranges in the Provincial Nominee
Program, the Government of Canada is helping to ensure that the
benefits of immigration are distributed across this country. Canada
and the provinces will work together to manage growth in the
provincial nominee program. Increasing the total number of immigrants
processed under the economic category will also allow CIC to continue
reducing the backlog of federal skilled worker applicants as part of
the Action Plan for Faster Immigration.
Although the Action Plan has been in place for less than a year, early
indications are that it is paying off. "People applying now under the
federal skilled worker program can expect to receive a decision within
six to twelve months, compared to up to six years under the old
system," said Minister Kenney. "We've also brought the backlog of
federal skilled worker applicants down from over 630,000 to 425,000-a
reduction of more than 30%."
The backlog consists of people who applied before February 27, 2008,
the date the Action Plan took effect. Since then, almost 240,000
people have applied to the new federal skilled worker program under
the Action Plan. But even with those additional applicants, the total
number of people currently awaiting a decision on their application is
still 12% lower than when the Action Plan took effect.
"Before we changed the system, we had to process every application
received. Since many more people applied every year than could be
accepted, a backlog was created," said Minister Kenney. "Now that we
are processing only those applications that meet specified criteria,
our Government is making significant progress in reducing the
backlog."
Improving the federal skilled worker program is part of the Government
of Canada's overall commitment to modernizing the immigration system
to maximize its contribution to our overall economic growth.
"The Government of Canada will continue to work with provinces,
territories and stakeholders to make sure immigration meets the needs
of communities, employers and families now and in the future,"
concluded the Minister.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Citizenship-And-Immigration-Canada-1068679.html
Polack
wrote:
Why do we need immagration?
Canuck57
So goverment has more taxpayers in the long haul. Indiginious families
have a negative growth. That is at 1.6 kids per family there is a
negative population growth.
Lots of factors in this, but predominantly cost of living. Our parents
and grand parents had more resources and thus more childrend. Our
generation has expectionion of standards that can't be met with having 4
kids.
Thus, import them. Given USA is a more attractive destination for would
be immigrants, we get the left overs and have to ask fewer questions.