This post is an excerpt from a CBC News article posted on October 31 by The Canadian Press. Click here to read the rest of the article.

DiversityCanada will take in 40,000 more immigrants in 2021 than it plans to accept this year, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Wednesday.

The target for new arrivals in Canada will rise to 350,000, which is nearly one per cent of the country’s population.

The figures were announced Wednesday as part of the government’s updated multi-year immigration levels plan, which covers the next three years…

Hussen says economic immigration is badly needed in areas across the country that are short on workers and long on older residents…

Click here to read the rest of the article. Click below to hear from Minister Hussen on the immigration boost.