Muslims to pray in D.C. ‘for the soul of America'

[Khayr]

Originally posted by ThePoint:

quote:Originally posted by Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiy aar:

Fourthly, it is "your destroyed country Soomaaliya" that brought you on here directly or indirectly, as a welcomed refugee. If it wasn't of Soomaaliya's civil war, you might not even have lived on here without any hassle as you do now comfortably. Might have been called another 'illegal alien' by those you are ironically sounding like now. Thank Soomaaliya, "your destroyed country" for that itself, the least you can thank for it.

LOL. I see. We are supposed to be grateful TO Somalia for having destroyed itself which led to some foreigners feeling sorry for us and letting us in their country. Major brain freeze there MMA.

 

I'm grateful to God but I'm also grateful to Canada and Canadians who have set up a well functioning country and who have been kind enough to let disadvantaged people in.

Newsflash Mr. Patriot aka thepoint and all other Patriotic Somalis,

 

Immigrants are not being utilized to their full potential, costing Canada's economy billions of dollars every year, says a new report from TD Economics -- and poor language and literacy skills are at the heart of the problem.

 

About six in 10 newcomers have less than the desired level of literacy, the study says, and the employment rate for those with poor literacy skills is almost 20 percentage points lower than for those with the desired level. .

 

Those with stronger literacy skills also tend to experience shorter periods of unemployment, obtain more skilled positions and receive significantly higher pay. .

 

"There's an awful lot of opportunity that's being lost," Craig Alexander, a TD economist and the report's author, said in an interview. .

 

Newcomers currently make up about a fifth of our total population, and with the immigrant contingent on track to comprise all of Canada's population growth by 2022, the study notes, it is imperative for government and corporations to address the issue head on. .

 

Frank McKenna, deputy chair of TD Bank Financial Group and former New Brunswick premier, cited numerous advantages of having a more literate workforce that better.

 

leverages the skills of newcomers. But many Canadians are unaware of the problem, he said in an interview. .

 

"It's not a top-of-mind issue. It doesn't rank up there with health care and education, but it's just as important in terms of the productivity consequences for our economy and the potential for wealth creation," Mr. McKenna said. .

 

"It's sort of like boiling a frog -- it's not a burning platform, it isn't something that would alarm people because it's not all that evident, and we just gradually become poorer as a nation as a result of this loss of potential." .

 

Immigrants to Canada are increasingly coming from areas such as Asia where English and French are not native tongues. The economic wellbeing of these newcomers has been deteriorating over the past 25 years, the report states, with unemployment and poverty levels significantly higher among immigrants than Canadian-born citizens. .

 

"Language and literacy is a major hurdle for newcomers and it might contribute between one-third to two-thirds of the earnings gap," the TD report states. .

 

Many newcomers settle in "cultural clusters" that can further isolate them and prevent strong development of English or French, the study notes. .

 

The policy response to these challenges has been "powerful," Mr. Alexander said, pointing to a number of government programs aimed at improving literacy levels among newcomers to prepare them for the workforce. But more resources must be allocated toward evaluating the effectiveness of these programs, he said. .

 

On the corporate side, Mr. Alexander added, businesses should look beyond specialized software training to offer fundamental language training for new employees, a move that would increase output and profitability in the long term. .

Source

[ElPunto]

^So? Is everything perfect anywhere for new immigrants? There is a reason this is one of the top countries in the world for quality of life. I think that is where the focus should be rather than the handful of shortcomings.

 

MMA - ok - mock away. Alive - somewhat