Immigration isn’t just about refugees and culture, it’s about Canada’s future

We will accept refugees according to their needs, while traditional immigration is based on mutual interest.

Here's hoping Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has his priorities straight. Angelo Persichilli writes that Canada doesn't plan its immigration properly to meet its economic needs.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

February 13, 2017

TORONTO—The 2016 census confirmed what we knew, that is the future of Canada is intimately tied to immigration. We need more people and they can only come from abroad. We all knew that, we all agree, and the only alternative is to become the 51st state of our friends to the south. Th...

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