Canada and Philippines

steady economic growth: The Philippines, long an under-performing economy, is today enjoying steady economic growth of 6 to 7 per cent a year . For Canada, the Philippine APEC year presents an opportunity to build on a relationship that is growing and surprisingly strong, driven in large part by the sizeable and successful Philippine community in Canada, according to Globe and Mail. In 2012 the Philippines was the second largest source of new permanent residents in Canada , with almost 33,000 successful applicants. If Canada wants to demonstrate its commitment to the region, for business, human and security reasons we would do well to concentrate more effort on the Philippines, a founding ASEAN member and the second or third largest source of immigrants to Canada. In 2013, the Philippines slipped to third, just behind India, but still exceeded 27,000 immigrants, or 10.5 per cent of the annual total. One estimate is that Philippine workers sent home $23-billion in 2013, an estimated 10 per cent of which came from Canada. In addition, Canada has been an important destination for temporary labour from the Philippines . This population does what so many overseas Philippine communities do: it sends significant remittances home. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.