New survey reveals attitudes of Canadians towards immigration

Canada, 15th November: A latest survey by Canada government has revealed interesting attitued of Canadians towards Canada immigration.

As per the survey by Ekos Research and Associates, these new trends will help in redesigning the Canada immigration laws.

The Government-commissioned survey maitains that the enthusiasm of Canadians for allowing more immigrants certainly has some limits.

The survey also cautioned that Canadians are quite less likely to feel that Canada immigration upholds and strengthens culture of Canadians than they were almost a decade ago. Around 36 percent of Canadians survey respondents said they feel immigration does increase rate of joblessness among Canadians.

Around 48 percent of Canadians considered immigration bad for their neighborhood. Around 54 percent of Canadians stated that present number of immigrants moving to Canada is absolutely appropriate.

Meanwhile, 23 percent stated they feel allowing immigrants from various cultures will make Canada culture more strong.

Nonetheless, the survey reinstated the fact that majorty of Canadians(nearly 71 percent) do consider immigration in the positive spirit barring a few giving conflicted views on Canada immigration.

Last week, the Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney had stated about the decision of Canadian government for maintaining the previous year’s levels of immigration in Canada. This statement was a reflection of the government survey on attitudes of Canadians towards immigration. Last year, Canada had maintained the immigration limit between 240,000 and 265,000.

Speaking about the survey findings, Kenney asserted that Canadians are quite supportive of immigration while adding that they(Canadians) do not want to have any more increases in the annual Canada immigration levels.

Kenney stressed on the role on immigrants in Canada in the coming times especially when the native labor pool declines.

The report by the Ekos Research and Associates was delivered in April this year but was made public only recently.

The research was based on interviews of 1,530 adults including 300 new Canadians conducted through telephone.

The report reiterated that the Canadians’ views favor effect of immigration in Canada on the national economy rather than the immigration’s impact on Canadian culture.

The survey reveals that when asked about religious deiversity and immigration, Canadians expressed high insecurity levels on Canadian culture.