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Canada has one of the world's highest standard of living and for the past
several years has ranked Number one in the world on the United Nations Human
Development Index, which weighs various factors, such as political and economic rights, social services , educational and employment opportunities, physical safety, etc. In addition, Transparency International ranked Canada as the fifth least corrupt country in the world.*

Canada an affluent, high tech industrial society, with market based, free
enterprise economy , affords many opportunities to immigrants. The immigration scheme is not based upon nationality nor upon prearranged employment , unlike the United States program, but, rather, uses a point system which is equally applied to all nationalities.

As a result, Canada welcomes more immigrants per year than any other country and has adopted an official policy of multiculturalism , which encourages immigrants to preserve their own cultural heritage.

In addition, Canada opens the door to the United States for Indians who, once
they become Canadian permanent residents , no longer require a visa in order to visit United States. Moreover, because Canada allows permanent residents to apply for citizenship after having lived three years in Canada, Indo-Canadians who are experienced in professional and technical fields and have a U.S. job offer in their field may accept employment in the United States merely by presenting themselves at the U.S. border where they will be issued an employment authorization.(See:" http://www.americanlaw.com/basic/tn.html " for greater details.)

For these reasons and others , Canada is the destination of choice for many of
the world's immigrants.

* The least corrupt countries were Finland, Denmark, New Zealand, Sweden,
Canada, Iceland, Norway, Singapore, Netherlands, Britain, Luxembourg,
Switzerland, Australia, United States, Austria and Hong
Kong.(www.transparency.de