"Immigration is necessary for Canada's growth. At the same time, we must be sensitive to the need to balance our demographic and economic needs with our capacity to settle and absorb immigrants."(1) Immigration has played a major part historically in the growth of Canada’s population. Between 1901 and 1911 alone, Canada received over 1.5 million immigrants, representing 28 percent of Canada’s total population at the time.(2) Recently, however, Canada’s immigration policies and practices have come under …showed first 75 words of 3009 total…

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