Reply #181: Guess you didn't get the memo on Canada's reformed immigration system...

[OhioChick]

Canada may reduce immigration

12 Feb 2009, 2148 hrs IST, IANS

TORONTO: Canada may reduce the number of immigrants to be admitted this year in light of the prevailing economic crisis. Immigration and citizenship minister Jason Kenney hinted at this possibility at a meeting of an all-party parliamentary committee on citizenship and immigration in the capital Ottawa.

The current Conservative government, which is perceived by immigrants to be unfavourable to them, last year raised the number of newcomers to be admitted each year from 247,000 to 265,000. But with the national unemployment rate reaching 7.2%, the immigration minister said his government would look at reducing the number of immigrants so that newcomers don't face hardships after landing in Canada.

The minister told the committee that the government was keeping a watch on the situation. "We don't want people coming to Canada and facing unemployment. We need to be sensitive to the changing labour market, and if we need to make modifications, we will," he said.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Financial_crisis_Canada_may_reduce_immigration/articleshow/4120328.cms