Right Mix: News Conference and World War

right mix: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said the plan he unveiled Wednesday is the right mix for Canada, for now, according to National Observer. The gradual increase over time was designed so the system could adjust, he said. At 340,000 people, the increase by 2020 represents the highest intake since before the First World War, though it stops short of the 450,000 target suggested by the government's economic advisory council in a report last year. Bringing a newcomer to Canada is half of the job; we have to make sure people are being given the tools they need to succeed once they get here, Hussen told a news conference in Toronto. The switch to a longer-term planning approach marks a major pivot for the federal government, which has for decades relied on setting only annual targets. We have to make sure we have the absorptive capacity, we have to make sure that our partners on the ground with the settlement and integration processes that they engage in every day have the tools necessary so they can plan ahead, so they can adjust to the numbers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.