Do Third World Immigrants Impose a Cost on Canadian Public Treasury?(International ECONOMICS AND Industrialization) (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION The recent rise in Third World immigrant flows into the U.S. and Canada has raised interest in the analysis of immigrant's impact on host nations. Among the various economic issues addressed in the literature are the immigrant's impact on the public treasury, the employment and income distribution effects, and the performance of immigrants in the labour market. The purpose of the present paper is to provide some evidence of the impact on Canadian public finances from immigrant flows from various world sources.