According to a study made available recently, the resolution of the consecutive governments of Canada, since the early 1990s — to continue rather high immigration levels, even during economic recession — has led to a situation where in one saw a not too impressive performance from the new entrants during the course of the last three decades or so.

In this connection, an involved person was quoted as saying that during the times of recession, economic output heads south comparatively more among the new entrants to the nation vis-à-vis what one gets to see in the case of the natives.

Coming back to the study under discussion, its authors claim that cutting down on the levels of immigration during the times of recession, in all likelihood, would make the overall productivity of the immigrants much better even as it would also decrease the damage that becomes visible when the new entrants are unable to get a job, for longer durations of time. And, their cord with the labor force of the nation gets snapped-off.

Reacting to the report, the Canadian Immigration Minister reportedly said that he totally went with the key focus of the study in question. However, he didn’t favor a remarkable reduction in the immigrant inflow during economic downturn as advocated by the report in question.

Jason Kenney, the minister, continued that he was keen to have a good balance between those who claim immigration is very high, and seek for an even more from the provincial governments, business and opposition groups. He added that the report only substantiates what he has been claiming since long involving the hard times faced by the new entrants to the country. He further said that he has come up with many initiatives to boost the picking-up of the immigrants who cater well to the special and varied requirements of the national economy.

Although it is a fact that the immigration inflows to the country have tended to improve and worsen on the basis and the grounds of the overall economic performance of the country, the situation was anything but the same towards the close of the 1980s.

Notwithstanding the downturn witnessed during the period of 2008-09, that government’s policy of welcoming close to a quarter-million migrants and expatriates per annum continued unabated under succeeding Liberal regimes. During 2007 — at a time when the economy was something to go to town with — the overall number of migrants and expatriates stood at 236,753. With each passing year, that number only continued to head north.

Meanwhile, another involved person was quoted as saying that politics propels the immigration policy of the nation. He continued that it is crucial to cut down on the levels of immigration during recessions and when the rates of unemployment are high.