[Maybe we can have these new immigrants living in Immigration Minister Monte Solberg neighbourhood-ed]
Toronto — Ottawa will forge ahead with a promise to halve immigrant-landing fees, but more intractable problems such as speeding up the landing process will have to wait, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg said Monday.
In his maiden speech as minister, Mr. Solberg said newcomers will pay half the current $975 fee to become permanent residents, with the $83-million fiscal hit to the treasury to be covered by surplus general revenues.
“Our efforts should be focused on welcoming newcomers and helping them fit in, not taxing them to death,” Mr. Solberg told a conference on immigration hosted by the Public Policy Forum.
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1 prominentYYZ // Mar 22, 2006 at 9:46 am
good investmenth this 975.- landing fee. Quite a few immigrants go on welfare after that or get retraining allowance or “skills training. After working a little, then comes UI.
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