I'm not sure how this slipped through the PC Nazi's in the UK:
http://mesopotamiawest.blogspot.com/2008/04/immigration-no-benefit-lords-report.html
Full report here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/82/8211.htm
There is a lesson in this for the US too.
http://mesopotamiawest.blogspot.com/2008/04/immigration-no-benefit-lords-report.html
Immigration: No Benefit; Lords' Report
Yes, it's a crazy, right wing, neo-Nazi group I'm quoting: the House of Lords in Britain. In a new report, the Select Committee on Economic Affairs says while immigration is good for immigrants, it does nothing for Britons.
216. Although possible in theory, we found no systematic empirical evidence to suggest that net immigration creates significant dynamic benefits for the resident population in the UK. This does not necessarily mean that such effects do not exist but that there is currently no systematic evidence for them and it is possible that there are also negative dynamic and wider welfare effects (para 69).Yes, I'd say that might be worth looking into. The report goes on to say what can't be said in Canada; the government should decide what population Britain should have and should make immigration policy fit that target.
240. The Government should explicitly take into account the likely impact on the future size and composition of the UK population. The Government should review the implications of its projection that overall net immigration in future years will be around 190,000 people—an annual amount equal to the population of Milton Keynes. The Government should have an explicit and reasoned indicative target range for net immigration, and adjust its immigration policies in line with that broad objective (para 186).So, Liberals and Conservatives alike in Ottawa; what's the population you'd like to see in Canada? Thirty four million? Forty million? Fifty? Pick a number.
Full report here: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/82/8211.htm
There is a lesson in this for the US too.