CANADA TO ANNOUNCE IMMIGRATION TARGET FOR 2018 BY 1ST NOVEMBER 2017 AND SOME GUESSING MAY BE AROUND 450,000 AS THIS YEAR TARGET WAS 300,000
450,000 immigrants a year? Canada could do it, report suggests
How many newcomers should Canada let in next year? We’re about to find out. Ottawa is set to announce the country’s 2018 immigration target by Nov. 1.
The federal government has already upped Canada’s immigrant intake to 300,000 annually, but could it – and should it – go even further?
That’s the question at the heart of a new report by the Conference Board of Canada, which forecasts the potential impacts of different immigration levels on the overall economy, income levels and public spending.
The findings might be disappointing for both supporters and critics of immigration. The pitch for higher immigration levels is simple: More people means more workers to fill up vacancies, entrepreneurs to create new jobs, and customers to buy things like cars and homes. Plus, immigrants are on average younger than native-born Canadians, so newcomers are – quite literally – an injection of fresh blood that helps pay for the ballooning expense of supporting our aging population.
https://globalnews.ca/news/3782202/450000-immigration-target-canada/
