Immigration Considered Positive For Canadas Prosperity

21 Oct 2010

A recent report by Conference Board of Canada stated that there is a direct relationship between the nation’s prosperity in areas like business, culture, research & global commerce and immigration in Canada.  Also, Canadian immigration is positive for the prosperity of the nation.

The report suggests that immigrant innovators in Canada play an important role in the fields ranging from arts to business to science.

It’s already well known that immigrants in Canada are going to become an integral part of the workforce of the nation as the labor force heads for considerable trimming following retirements of baby-boomers in Canada. But, the nation is yet to accept the valuable role played by immigrant innovators in Canada, the study reveals.

The study also maintains that immigration to Canada also aids innovation. The author of the report, Michelle Downie stated that the fact that ambition to move to a new nation helps them to take risks leading to innovation. This drive helps them to work beyond expectations by pushing harder and pursuing more and more.

Downie also added that immigrants moving to a new nation require ambition and real drive which encourages them to take risks. And business leaders need to learn and acknowledge inherent characteristics of newcomers in Canada who prove to be of great benefit to their employers in Canada.

A few examples of successful immigrant innovators in Canada can very well prove this fact.

The man behind Magna International, Canada’s largest auto-parts company, was Frank Stronach, an Austrian immigrant. Mike Lazaridis, Another immigrant in Canada hailing from Turkey was responsible for founding ‘Research in Motion’, regarded to be the most successful Canadian high-tech company. And the fact that one of the world’s biggest gold-mining company was built by Peter.