L'écart entre les revenus des immigrants récents et les Canadiens de
naissance continue de s'accroître... Venez au pays de Cocagne
frigorifique, MM. les immigrants, des patrons qui cherchent des
gagne-petit exploitables seront ravis !
Si 1 $ = revenus médians des Canadiens de naissance
en 2005, les immigrants récents gagnaient 63 ¢
en 1980, les immigrants récents gagnaient 85 ¢
Heureusement que le Canada sélectionnent ses immigrants !
Pour les femmes immigrantes en 2005 c'est 56 ¢ !
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=485128
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Recent immigrants income falling behind
Meagan Fitzpatrick, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, May 01,
2008
OTTAWA -- Recent immigrants are losing the battle to close the earnings
gap with Canadian-born workers, and women in particular are falling
behind, according to the latest release of 2006 census data from
Statistics Canada.
In its re****t of results from the census, released Thursday and focusing
on income and earnings, Statistics Canada says the gap continues to
widen even though the education levels of recent immigrants in the
workforce rose much faster than among their Canadian-born counterparts.
Recent immigrants were counted as those who arrived between 2000 and 2004.
The analysis compared the median earnings -- the point at which half a
population falls above and half below - of recent immigrant earners in
the core working-age population (ages 25 to 54) whether they were
employed full-time all year or not to the median earnings of their
Canadian-born counterparts. Self-employed workers were not included.
In 2005, recent immigrant men earned 63 cents for every dollar earned by
Canadian-born male workers.
The re****t points out that between 2000 and 2005 there was a drop in
employment in the information and communication technologies sector and
that had a large impact on earnings for recent male immigrants, who were
heavily trained in computer sciences and engineering.
The earnings gap was even wider for immigrant, the census results
showed. They pulled in only 56 cents for every dollar earned by their
Canadian-born counterparts. It was a quick slide down the scale from
where they were in 2000, when recent immigrant women were earning 65
cents for every dollar earned by Canadian-born women.
In 1980, recent immigrant men and women earned 85 cents for every dollar
earned by their Canadian-born counterparts.
An earlier census re****t on education indicated that more than 51% of
recent immigrants who arrived between 2001 and 2006 had a university
degree. But according to this latest re****t, having a degree didn't make
a difference in closing the earnings gap. In fact, the disparity between
recent immigrants and Canadian-born workers was larger among those
people with a degree than among their less-educated counterparts.
University-educated males from other countries earned just 48 cents for
each dollar earned by Canadian-born male graduates. In contrast, recent
immigrant men with no degree earned 61 cents for every dollar received
by their Canadian-born counterparts. A similar pattern was seen among
women.
"The larger earnings disparities among university graduates were
observed as many recent immigrants with a university degree were
employed in low-skilled occupations," Statistics Canada said.
In 2005, almost 30% of recent immigrant male university graduates were
working in jobs that require no more than high school education.
In terms of median earnings, recent immigrant men with university
degrees were making less -- close to 25% less -- than Canadian-born men
who never attended university.
Getting foreign credentials recognized and language barriers are among
the challenges newcomers face when trying to integrate into the
workforce, says Mario Calla, executive director of COSTI Immigrant
Services, a Toronto-based organization that provides employment and
other services.
It's true that many of Canada's newer immigrants are more highly
educated, but so is the Canadian population in general, said Mr. Calla,
which adds to the challenges.
"There's also a more competitive market that they're coming into," he
said in an interview leading up to the census re****t.
He said it's key to get immigrants into jobs in their field as soon as
possible after they arrive in Canada.
"If they don't get a job in their field in the first few years, it's
unlikely they ever will," he said.
Mr. Calla says initiatives such as enhanced language training programs
are im****tant to help immigrants get the appropriate jobs and fulfill
their earning potential. A newcomer educated in accounting, engineering,
or some other profession might have English skills but not the specific
language skills necessary for their field.
"If we can make an investment to leverage that education to get
immigrants into an occupation here that is commensurate with their
skills, it's a small investment to make," said Mr. Calla.
He said the federal government, in addition to sup****ting language
training programs, has made efforts to educate prospective immigrants
before they arrive about what skills and qualifications they should have
in order to find work and how to have their credentials recognized. In
China and India for example, the government has helped co-ordinate
orientation sessions to increase awareness about the application process.
The government has taken other steps it says will get immigrants to work
faster, but they've caused quite a controversy. Proposed changes to the
immigration system would give Immigration Minister Diane Finley
authority to instruct her staff to fast-track the applications of
certain categories of immigrants and put a cap on the number of
applications. The changes are meant to help clear the backlog of
applications and meet labour shortages in certain sectors. But critics
are worried the changes would give too much power to the minister and
they say it's unfair that some candidates could get pushed back in line.
The controversial bill will be put to a vote in the House of Commons and
if it does not get enough sup****t from the opposition parties, its
defeat could trigger an election
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