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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
Cry me a river. If they can't get a decent job here they can go back to wherever they came from..
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Well, I guess in one way we should be crying - isn't our birth rate below replacement rate? So in one way, if not for immigration, our population wouldn't be doing so great? (yes, I know this is relatively speaking)
Yuppers:
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features...migration.html
- Immigration helps compensate for Canada’s declining birthrate.
A 1999 Parliamentary report stated that if birth rates remain stable, in 25 years death rates will actually exceed birth rates. At that point, immigration will account for the entire net increase in Canada’s population.
Source: Library of Parliament, Canada’s Immigration Program
Never heard of this website before, but if it is backing its claim up with a direct link to the government of Canada, the claim must have some sort of credibility...