Another article about migration, please read...

Foreign work not respected, Statscan says
New immigrants coming from places such as Asia and Africa can scratch foreign work experience off their résumés when job hunting in Canada, be it months or decades, a new study has found -- it's all worthless in the Canadian labour market.

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