Over 1.5 million immigrants came to the West between 1971 and 2002. Presently, Canada will need 250,000 immigrants a year to avoid population decline, to keep the economy healthy and to sustain the tax base. - Statistics Canada
The Social Rate of Retun to Investing in Character: An Economic Evaluation of Alberta's Immigrant Access Fund Micro Loan Program by J.C. Herbert Emery and Ana Ferrer
