Canada is a model to the rest of the world of how to accept new immigrants and migrant workers, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
Canada is among a small group of nations that has generally fair and open immigration policies, the report contends, that benefit both prospective immigrants looking for a new home, and our own labour force.
"All Canadians can be proud of what the report says about Canada," says David Morrison, the executive secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund.
The report, entitled "Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development," argues that immigration should be viewed not as a scourge, but as beneficial to both the countries that migrants move to and the ones they leave behind.
And as populations age, wealthy countries are likely to face an increase in demand for expatriate labour as they pull out of recession, the report notes.
"There are 1 billion people on the move and that number is going to grow as we look to the future," Morrison explained to Canada AM Monday. "So the report argues that migration is a process to be managed rather than problem to be solved."
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Canada is among a small group of nations that has generally fair and open immigration policies, the report contends, that benefit both prospective immigrants looking for a new home, and our own labour force.
"All Canadians can be proud of what the report says about Canada," says David Morrison, the executive secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund.
The report, entitled "Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development," argues that immigration should be viewed not as a scourge, but as beneficial to both the countries that migrants move to and the ones they leave behind.
And as populations age, wealthy countries are likely to face an increase in demand for expatriate labour as they pull out of recession, the report notes.
"There are 1 billion people on the move and that number is going to grow as we look to the future," Morrison explained to Canada AM Monday. "So the report argues that migration is a process to be managed rather than problem to be solved."
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