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Canada aims to open doors to 265,000 immigrants in 2014
OTTAWA — The feds have set a goal of bringing in up to 265,000 immigrants to Canada next year.
The new goal is in the immigration department's 2013 annual report that Immigration Minister Chris Alexander tabled in the Commons on Monday.
That's a level surpassed only once since 1988 — in 2010, when the country opened its doors to more than 280,000 newcomers.
"We're very proud to be continuing the strongest sustained levels of immigration, particularly economic immigration, in Canadian history," Alexander said.
Since the Conservatives took office in 2006, almost 1.8 million newcomers have become permanent Canadian residents - most on their way to eventual citizenship.
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