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CANADA NEEDS MORE SKILLED IMMIGRANTS, SAYS MINISTER

29 April 2005
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Canada's future is dependent on immigration, says Canada's Minister for Citizenship and Immigration. Joe Volpe spoke in defence of the country's new Internationally Trained Workers Initiative in a speech on 28 April. 

Volpe pointed out that Canada's birth rate is among the lowest in the western world, and its unemployment rate continues to fall. This means that Canada must recruit new immigrants to Canada. 

"Let me promise you, we will not be alone in this recruiting drive," said Volpe. "Former emigrant-generating countries, mostly in Europe, are now net immigrant receivers and seekers; their economies are every bit as vibrant as ours, with birth rates every bit as low." 

Today, he said, some 40 per cent of Canadians were born abroad or are the children of new Canadians. 

He called Canada's immigration system "a story of tremendous successes." Last year, he said, Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued some 1.1 million permits: 236,000 permanent-resident visas, and more than 800,000 other decisions for temporary workers, visitors&#146; visas, student visas, etc. About 170,000 new citizens are approved every year, joining the 18 per cent of Canadian citizens who were born elsewhere, he said. 


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