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Universite De Montreal: Immigration

Department Of Human Resources Dept: University research shows that immigrants at the lower edge of the spectrum have experienced wage drops of 30 per cent in recent decades, worse than other Canadians at the bottom end, according to Vancouver Sun. The disturbing report shows recent immigrants are falling into extremes. They're either doing better than native-born Canadians in education, business and the professions, or they're descending into an increasingly struggling immigrant under-class and there are lessons for all Canadians in a new study revealing a big financial gap among recent immigrants. University of B.C. economist Thomas Lemieux teamed up with Brahim Boudarbat of Universite de Montreal to produce the report, which a federal department of human resources publication titled: The Poor Got Poorer. As reported in the news.
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