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posted Dec 16, 2011, 9:30 PM by Milorad Borota   [ updated Dec 16, 2011, 9:44 PM ]
Tory says it’s time to bring Canada’s diverse talent into the workplace

Posted December 5 2011

Exchange Morning Post (press release)

Tory cites compelling statistics: by 2015, a full 100% of Canada’s labour growth will come from new immigrants. But as of March of this year, GTA unemployment rates, at 5.4 per cent for Canadian-born workers, stood at 9.6 per cent for immigrants, and at 14.2 per cent for immigrants who arrived in the past five years. Immigrants also earn less. From 2001 to 2006, the average university-educated Canadian-born worker earned $61,904, more than three times as much as their newcomer peers ($20,143).


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