Syrian refugees will help stimulate economy, says Halifax Chamber of Commerce

As Canada prepares to welcome 25,000 new refugees from Syria before the end of the year, the business community in Nova Scotia is eagerly awaiting their arrival.

Some believe an influx of new and ambitious refugees could help stimulate the economy.

In February 2014, Nova Scotia's Ivany Report recommended that the province receive 7,000 new immigrants annually.

With the co-operation of the federal government, Nova Scotia would receive its proportional share — 2.7 per cent — of all new international immigrants to Canada, the report recommends.

The current five-year average is 2,400 immigrants per year. 

Rob Batherson, chair of the board of directors of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, says that 7,000 immigrants would help maintain or even increase the overall population.

Rob Batherson

Rob Batherson is the chair of the board of directors of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and a businessman. He says that 7000 immigrants would help maintain or even increase the overall population. (CBC News)

"We've had stagnant population now for quite some time and we have an aging population as well. So gradually the working age population is shrinking ... We need new, younger people to come into the economy to contribute, to set up businesses, employ other Nova Scotians and expand our tax base rather than manage with a shrinking tax base."

Batherson said Syrians, like other immigrant groups that have come to the province in the past, are likely to be entrepreneurs and have a strong willingness to work. 

"For example, many of today's most successful business leaders were refugees from Lebanon, from the civil war in the '60s and '70s," said Batherson. "[They] come into Nova Scotia, create wealth, create jobs, increase tax revenue. So what I'm excited about with the potential with more Syrian refugees coming in is who in that class of refugees will be the next Nova Scotia success story for the next 30 years?"

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/syrian-refugees-halifax-e...

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Comment by Doug Diggler on November 14, 2015 at 9:12pm

I guess the idea that maybe Canada should stimulate the economy by passing legislation that would make it easier for Canadians to have kids (family leave, bigger tax breaks for families, tax credits for poor families) never cross the mind of Mr. Batherson? This mania for replacing the populations of first world countries with uneducated folks with no cultural affiliation from abroad has NEVER WORKED, why would it work now?

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