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Canadians " Is this the time to reduce Immigration to Canada ?

With the latest Canadian unemployment figures, and more and more of us facing the possibility of losing our jobs, should the Government of Canada reduce the number of newcomers that are allowed to come to Canada ? Currently, we admit about 250,000 job seekers a year into Canada, to compete with our own citizens, for a reduced number of jobs. What do you think we should do ? Jim B. Toronto.

Public Comments

Aww.If they do that then I can't move up there:( Kidding not being rude.Can't say that Canada isn't interesting to me or that it might be cool to live there.I'd love to visit!
Canadian immigration is controlled by the demand for skills. I got turned down because of the lack of demand for my professional qualification the first time and accepted later.
I always thought immigrants helped the economy by creating more demand for housing, food, transportation, etc. Even with yesterday's annoucement, some parts of Germany have 14% unemployment, so Canada is still in a good position.
Seems like a reasonable approach during this difficult period.
It was the slimeball Liberals who came up with this policy of having 1% of our population as our immigration quota .The Conservatives( who are not conservative at all ) sheepishly are following this idiotic policy at a time of record unemployment.
I like to think that it is only qualified immigrants who come here to work. Unskilled and inexperienced immigrants are generally not granted status. While I strongly feel that immigrants are what make this country better and while I do not favour protectionist strategies like restricting immigration per se, I have to agree with your assertion that we may just have to reduce the number of immigrants we accept. It is probably worth mentioning, however, that we do accept immigrants who receive pensions from other places (ie the UK). Those people spend money in the community and so help the economy. The trade-off, however, is that many of these pensioners are older and so place a strain on the health care system. It's really a tricky balancing act, isn't it? Canada already has very tight immigration rules so it may be worth tightening things up even more.
No way. Canada is multicultural we need more people more population. There is always room for more.
The amount of immigrants Canada excepts will go down.The system is based on employment levels.It``s a good system based on supply and demand.Not to mention if your unemployed you do not qualify to sponsor a family member.People who were planing to bring a relative to come and live with them and now lost there job will have to wait till there economic situation improves.It`s sad for them ,but that`s how it is.
I think our immigration legislation is rather good, seeing as how we only let in those who will help to improve the economy. I would really like to see a break down on what type of employment these 250,000 people are seeking. I did a quick web search and came up with nothing. I cannot see all of them being skilled workers, with a trade or a profession. I would like to know how many might be students, with limited hours of availability which may impede their search, or those with no job training, or education, which might be harder to employ....or those like my sponging, grinder friend, who will not lower himself to take a job that pays less than a certain dollar amount...and prefers to live on unemployment 3/4 of the year until the mine opens again each spring. Does anyone know of any sites that break it down by type of job/profession they are seeking?
I cant wait for the North American Union to pass USA has 25 million illegal mexicans that we wish success to, but we wish them success somewhere else Canada would benefit from the diversity they would bring to you
As long as they have the skills in areas where we need the labour force and have a good chance of finding jobs and paying taxes they can only help. Despite the unemployment rate, Monster.com has hundreds of Canadian jobs for Computer technicians, nurses and other skilled workers. After all, my family arrived during the depression and managed to find work and produce several generations of tax payers.
I say we address the question of skilled labour--just not let anyone waltz in.