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Countries Work: Mark Blinch and World Today

countries work: While other countries work on bans and build walls, we wait for immigrants at airports with teddy bears and parkas, according to Toronto Star. Before we get too smug about our treatment of immigrants, though, we should remember it wasn't so long ago that our approach was not so different from that being used around the world today. Mark Blinch / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Jamison Steeve Sun., June 18, 2017 For years, and especially recently, the way Canada deals with and accepts newcomers has given this country a feeling of pride. And there is more that can be done to improve the lives of newcomers to Canada and maximize the benefits for this country. Our new working paper, Immigration in Ontario Achieving best outcomes for newcomers and the economy, is an attempt to add quantitative evidence to the growing debate on the economic contribution of immigrations to Ontario and Canada. As a result of many global forces, immigration has become a hot topic here and abroad. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.