加拿大华人论坛 加拿大留学移民[FWD]Immigration levels could take hit

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OTTAWA ― Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the number of new arrivals to Canada could fall if labour markets contract and there are no jobs for them to fill. “Obviously we will monitor the economic situation and, if it's absolutely necessary, the government can always modify the targets. But it's our intention to maintain those targets where we are today,” Mr. Kenney told reporters on Wednesday afternoon. Canada, he said, is planning to receive 245,000 to 260,000 permanent residents next year. That means immigration levels would remain about the same as last year when there were 247,000 permanent residents allowed into the country. The minister told MPs at a Parliamentary committee on Tuesday that most other developed countries have made significant cuts to their intake levels for 2009 because of the economic situation. “Canada stands alone in having announced its intention to maintain the same planning levels for permanent residents because we are looking to the mid to long-term,” he said. “We believe that when we have reached the recovery we have to face the labour market realities that we will need newcomers to help fuel the jobs of the future.” But, he said, the government will closely monitor the labour market developments this year. The deputy minister for immigration will be meeting with his provincial colleagues at the end of March to review the economic data to if modifications are needed “to reflect the emerging labour market situation,” Mr. Kenney said. In addition to the permanent residents, the government allows foreigners to come to Canada on a temporary basis to fill jobs that have gone vacant. There were nearly 170,000 of those temporary immigrants in 2008. If the government must cut immigration targets because of rising unemployment, NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow says the temporary class should be the first group to be trimmed. “Permanent immigrants increase the economic vitality and productivity of Canada. We have an aging population and we need more young families coming to Canada. The target of 265,000 permanent immigrants should not be lowered,” Ms. Chow said in an e-mail. “In an economic downturn, the minister should curb the temporary foreign workers program instead. The Conservatives fast tracked 200,000 temporary foreign workers into Canada last year. Many of them are exploited and drove down wages of ordinary working families.” Mr. Kenney said programs that bring temporary foreign workers and immigrants selected by provinces to Canada are market sensitive and based on concrete job offers. “So we fully anticipate that the intake of people in those streams, temporary workers and provincial nominees, will probably decrease perhaps significantly.” On Tuesday, Liberal Senator Pierrette Ringuette of New Brunswick, characterized job losses across Canada as “statistically huge.” Ms. Ringuette said she would like the government of to bring back a “Canada First” policy with regard to jobs and to “halt the program of foreign workers so that Canadians will have the first opportunity to obtain these jobs and to work in Canada.”--------------------------------------希望各位TX保持良好的心态，多方衡量，现在那边确实很萧条，而且09年甚至10年都不会怎么好。

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