Compassion: Australia

Australia: Has immigration policy lost its compassion? June 29, according to The Star. Studies have also shown that the wage divergence over time between immigrants and native-born citizens is significantly narrower in Australia than in Canada. Although we have had an admirable immigration record over the years, we can still learn and improve and Re: Has immigration policy lost its compassion? June 29 Immigration Minister Jason Kenneys statement, Canada has the highest levels of immigration per capita in the developed world, is incorrect. In fact we are second to Australia. OECD figures show that, for the years 2009 through 2011 most recent years reported , Australia had an immigration rate of 9.7 per 1,000 population vs 7.6 per 1,000 for Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.