One reason Daniels offered for the smooth influx of immigrants was the emphasis in Canadian immigration policy on the marketable skills of visa applicants. More than two-thirds of immigrants to Canada, he explained, are admitted because of their value to the nation’s economy. “For many years, immigrants were better educated on average than native Canadians,” he said. “But the fact that we weighted our immigration policy towards ‘economic’ immigrants means that people are more likely to contribute rapidly toward the country’s prosperity, and that no doubt contributes to their own social and economic integration.”

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