Canada should reduce immigration during deep economic recession, say the authors of a detailed analysis of the earnings of immigrants over their first 10 years in the country

The report also says that Canada should select immigrants on the basis of their earning potential. To achieve this, Canada should emphasize skill-assessed immigrants because their earning power consistently and substantially out-performed other classes of newcomers, the study says. The study calls on policy makers to look closely at how rapidly immigrants are integrating into the Canadian labor market as the wage gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers widens. In setting immigration policy and targets, it is important to know how well immigrants in these different admission categories have done, and which have produced better earnings outcomes.