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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (29974)	2/27/2008 12:05:07 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217942

Higher than us in Canada (20%) but a trend ?? 2006 census figures analyzed by Statistics Canada show that one in five people living in Canada are foreign-born, the highest proportion in 75 years. Latest news * 26 February 2008 Canada funds more programs for immigrant communities * 18 February 2008 Ontario, Canada wants to attract foreign students * 12 February 2008 Ontario, Atlantic CA employers get foreign worker guidance * 04 February 2008 Canada - Attracting immigrants to smaller communities Between 2001 and 2006, the foreign-born population of Canada increased by 13.6 percent -- four times higher than the growth rate of 3.3 percent for the native-born population during the same period. === As of 2006, the immigrant population in Canada is estimated at 6,186,950. The United Kingdom is the largest source country by birth at 579,620 people, followed by China (466,940), India (443,690), the Philippines (303,195), and Italy (296,850). === The figures from Statistics Canada also show that 20 percent of the Canadian population is now composed of individuals who do not count English or French as their native language. Chinese languages are now the third most spoken, followed by Italian, German, Punjabi, Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog, and Portuguese. The Black Swan BTW Kath & Kim was pretty funny... kinda like an upscale version of Canada's Trailer Park Boys.. Wished I'd married a psychopath.. biggest ho (a rap transplant ?) ... salad stuff masculine mix LOL.. Cherry Toms (delayed reaction before catching that on the second go).. Kath's laughing ... classy Kim LOL.. omigod !! The baby flipping the bird.. Now that brought back a memory... I got cut off once pretty severely with my daughter (maybe 3 and bit ) in the car .. I go f...g a$$...e ... a few days later some guy makes a right turn on red too late and almost clips me.. daughter again in the car ... I go idiot!! (I used to be excitable :O) daughter goes yeah! uccky acksol.. I stopped swearing in the car then :O) The accent was hard in places: but not worse than Billy Connolly album my wife brought back for me from England in the mid 70's The first dozen times I listened (at least) I kept picking up new bits as I got used to the accent.. still makes me laugh.. discogs.com The much more sedate Black Swan

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (29974)	2/27/2008 2:57:02 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217942

"Immigrants" are not fungible. Illegal low-end immigrants go to where the money is, of course. But it's the companies with the brainpower which produce the wealth, and many of the people with the brains are immigrants, but they didn't swim the Rio Grande or sneak through a tunnel. <Foreign-born residents are 26.9% in California, 20.9% in New York, 18.9% in New Jersey, and 17.9% in both Florida and Hawaii. These are among the most wealthy states per capita. Immigrants go where the jobs are, and many successful businesses are founded by immigrants. > Unfortunately, there is often an idea that mere weight of numbers is what's needed. As shown by India, Nigeria and Bangladesh there is more to wealth than numbers. Moving Bangladesh to NZ wouldn't make NZ wealthy, or the Bangladeshis. Mqurice