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Poll shows 56 per cent of Canadians think immigrants burden social services
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
August 5, 2011
…it is a misconception that immigrants are costly, Jeffrey Reitz, an expert in immigration and pluralism at the University of Toronto, told Postmedia News. “Immigrants are actually helping us pay for these things, not the other way around,” he said, citing research showing immigrants tend to use social services less than Canadian-born citizens and actually make positive fiscal contributions to the country… the poll found that those Canadians with higher levels of education were more likely to believe the impact of immigration is positive — 62 per cent versus the 39 per cent national average.
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