That is a good question. Unfortunately, I cannot provide an answer. We would have to track immigrants as they learn the language to determine whether they find it easier to enter the labour market, or not. I think that we could conduct studies on this. At present, a number of academics are working on the studies, including Craig Riddell, an economist at the University of British Columbia. He will be studying the whole issue of immigrant employability. Naturally, language is a very important factor in the issue of immigrants entering the labour market. However, I do not think we can give you a detailed answer now.
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