Verbeeten, D. (2007). The Past and Future of Immigration to Canada. Int. Migration & Integration DOI 10.1007/s12134-007-0005-0
The Past and Future of Immigration to Canada.
Main Argument
Initially (C.XIX) Canada was not a country of immigrants, it was not considered as an ideal place to immigrate because of the perception that the country was too cold, too remote and too backward. But in the XX century this impression changed and Canada became one of the most favorite places for immigrants of diverse regions of the world and at the same time, it began to accept those varied demographic contours until appropriate them as celebrated aspects of its national identity.
Supportive arguments
- In the 1960s, explicit discrimination on the basis of race or religion was eliminated, to be replaced by criteria (1962) and then a “points system” (1967) which emphasized the skills, education, and training of the independent immigrant, rather than his or her ethnic or confessional background.
- The preference changed for immigrants able to meet the demands of an increasingly urban, post-industrial, and service-sector economy, rather than a rural and agricultural one. The “liberalization” of Canadian immigration policy was, in part, the result of the country’s greater post-Holocaust commitment to equality and human rights.
- After 1930, Canada shut its doors to many potential immigrants, often Jewish refugees, more tightly than did the US. By the end of the decade, around 150,000 immigrants were entering Canada each year, many from Germany and Eastern Europe. The regions from which Canada may in the future seek to recruit more immigrants are mainly represented in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East because they are considered “growth areas”.
Supportive arguments
- In the 1960s, explicit discrimination on the basis of race or religion was eliminated, to be replaced by criteria (1962) and then a “points system” (1967) which emphasized the skills, education, and training of the independent immigrant, rather than his or her ethnic or confessional background.
- The preference changed for immigrants able to meet the demands of an increasingly urban, post-industrial, and service-sector economy, rather than a rural and agricultural one. The “liberalization” of Canadian immigration policy was, in part, the result of the country’s greater post-Holocaust commitment to equality and human rights.
- After 1930, Canada shut its doors to many potential immigrants, often Jewish refugees, more tightly than did the US. By the end of the decade, around 150,000 immigrants were entering Canada each year, many from Germany and Eastern Europe. The regions from which Canada may in the future seek to recruit more immigrants are mainly represented in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East because they are considered “growth areas”.
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