©Gregory James, May 2006

The ability of new skilled immigrants to successfully settle in Canada continues to be a serious issue. There is a wide consensus that Canada needs to do a better job of taking advantage of the skills immigrants bring to Canada. As one prominent politician recently said, “we need to get immigrants out of the cab and into the lab”. All political parties talk about this issue. So far not enough has been done.

True to form, the recent budget also referred to this -- but in vague terms. The government promised to increase immigration settlement funding by $307 million. It also undertook to establish the Canadian Agency for Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Credentials.

This is not the first time such items have been announced. Until we have more information about these proposals, it is impossible to say whether the government is serious about them, or if and when they might start to make a difference.

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