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Section 7
Conclusion and Key Challenges for the Future
Immigration has contributed to Canada’s growth as a nation and will play a key role in building the Canada of tomorrow, addressing future labour market and demographic needs, and supporting the country’s international role and geopolitical presence. Looking to the future, more successful and well-integrated newcomers in all parts of Canada are key to nation building and to our economic prosperity.
Significant progress has been made in recent years in strengthening the fundamentals of the immigration program, including the introduction of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in 2002. However, future success requires that program-related challenges be addressed to ensure that the immigration system works better to maximize the social, economic and cultural benefits of immigration.
Key among these challenges are improving the economic outcomes of immigrants, improving client service and reducing client inventories, ensuring the benefits of immigration are shared among the regions and communities across the country, and continuing to provide protection to those most in need. Initiatives are under way to address these challenges, but more is required to prepare the immigration program for the national and international environment of the future.
Putting the vision for Canada’s future into action requires a new way of doing business built around a new approach to immigration levels planning supported by more dynamic engagement with a broader range of partners. This will also require all partners to explore the development and implementation of innovative measures to shape the program of the future. The immigration program of the future will be developed in consultation with provinces and territories, cities and communities, employers, businesses and others, and will ultimately guide how we work together to attract, retain and integrate newcomers into Canadian society. It will also support decisions on the investments required to build an immigration program that contributes to a competitive economy and vibrant neighbourhoods in cities and communities across the country.
Indeed, Canada is well positioned to use immigration as a key instrument for our future economic, social and cultural development. Our country is open to the world, tolerant and diverse, with a solid track record in the integration of many generations of immigrants, and a population that broadly supports immigration. The dedicated employees of Citizenship and Immigration Canada have made great efforts during the past year to support and advance an immigration program that will play a vital role in building and strengthening the Canada of the 21st century.
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