We see that immigrants are in better health, not only in better mental health but also better physical health. I think that that can be explained in large part by the fact that those immigrants were selected. They underwent a health examination at the beginning. And so they are certainly in better health than the average. I think that after ten or fifteen years their health levels—and that is probably true for mental health as well—meet up with those of the Canadian-born population. That said, it is clear that the initial selection has an effect.
As Ms. Ali said, it would be interesting to separate out the immigrants from the refugees, or from economic immigrants. We would probably see differences. However, if I recall correctly, the physical health of refugees is good. Once again, this is due to the selection of immigrants headed for Canada.