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Citizenship and Immigration Canada is consulting with stakeholders and the public on immigration levels planning.
We are seeking your feedback on immigration to Canada, specifically on the total number of new permanent residents Canada should welcome and how this overall total should be distributed among immigration categories. The consultation will explore a number of issues related to three main questions:

....the debate about immigration seems to be heating up. On Thursday, the Fraser Institute added fuel to the proverbial fire, publishing a paper that concludes recent immigrants "impose a fiscal burden on Canadian taxpayers" of approximately $20 billion a year.
"This paper proposes that immigration of parents and grandparents be stopped completely," the report, written by economist and former Reform Party MP Herb Grubel, states.
"The paper also proposes that the current immigrant selection process, which relies heavily on political considerations, be replaced with one that relies primarily on the private sector and labour market conditions."
In other words, immigrants should be allowed into Canada primarily based on economic considerations.



http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/departm...2014/index.asp


ends today unfortunately.