Immigration and Immigrants

immigration thresholds: Starting at 60,000 immigrants a year, however, the work force would continue to grow well into the future, according to Globe and Mail. A healthy discussion of immigration thresholds would consider these factors while reviewing the longer-term evidence. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone A recent government white paper warned that maintaining immigration at the current 50,000 annual level would lead to a marked decline in the working-age population between 2016 and 2031, putting a damper on economic growth and everything that flows from it. Since the adoption of the province Bill 101 in 1977, requiring the children of immigrants to attend French-language schools, several cohorts of new Quebeckers have embraced la langue de Molière and successfully integrated into francophone society. Yet, despite such reassuring evidence, opposition politicians showed the usual reflexes in denouncing the government for merely raising the possibility of an increase in immigration. The proportion of Quebeckers speaking French at home remained a robust 82.5 per cent in 2011, while almost 95 per cent of all Quebeckers could speak French, according to Statistics Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.