Just a decade ago, Australia and Canada faced similar challenges in reaping the benefits of newcomers, but experts say today's immigrants to the country Down Under are in faster, employed better and more quickly, and are making more money than those coming into Canada.

Speaking at a seminar about the "race for talent," hosted by the Institute for Research on Public Policy on Friday, world-renowned immigration-related researcher Lesleyanne Hawthorne said that within just two years of bringing in major changes in 1999, Australia saw an "immediate surge of outcomes" for immigrants, and the immigration-related economic benefits for the country.

Canada, however, has failed to make similar changes, only tweaking the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in 2002. Ms. Hawthorne, who has previously been commissioned by Canadian federal departments to research immigration and labour trends, said that in her opinion, those changes were not enough.

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