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Canadian Immigration Flashcards

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Immigration

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  • Moving to a new country, that is not your native country
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Emigration

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  • Process of leaving your home country to move to a new country
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What causes immigrants to leave their country?

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  • Poverty
  • Fear
  • Disasters
  • Unemployment
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What causes immigrants to come to a specific country?

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  • Safety
  • Opportunity
  • Economic
  • Political
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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

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  • Establishes categories of who can come to Canada from other countries and make permanent homes there
  • Replaced the 1976 Immigration Act
  • Created in 2002 (recent law)
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What are the objectives for the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for immigrants?

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  • Pursue benefits for all Canadians
  • Respect the bilingual and multicultural society
  • Support development of minority languages in Canada
  • Share benefits of immigration and support Canada’s economy
  • Reunite families
  • Promote successful integration of immigrants into Canada’s society
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What are the immigration categories for Canada?

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  • Economic immigrants (55%)
  • Family class (28%)
  • Refugees (13%)
  • Other (4%)
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Economic Immigrants

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  • Skilled workers and business people
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Why does Canada want Economic Immigrants

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  • Due to low birth rates the number of people able to work is declining
  • By bringing in working immigrants we can promote labour force growth
  • Canada needs a stable growing demographic and a strong economy
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Labour Force Growth

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  • Growth of the “labour force” or the amount of people that can work
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Demographic

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  • Characteristics of a specific sector of population
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Point System

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  • People are given points based on their desirable traits
  • You need a minimus number of points to qualify to immigrate to Canada
  • Does not take race or culture into account
  • Only applies to economic immigrants (does not apply to family class or refugees)
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Health

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  • Economic immigrants must provide proof they are in good health
  • Does not apply to refugees and family class immigrants
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Why could an immigrant be refused to enter Canada?

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  • Contagious diseases (puts other Canadians at risk)
  • Condition that could endanger public safety (mental disorder)
  • Their health problems could be expensive or need a lot of treatment
  • Does not apply to refugees or family class immigrants
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Top 5 Languages of Immigrants 2006

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  1. Mandarin
  2. English
  3. Arabic
  4. Punjabi
  5. Spanish
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Immigrants Knowledge of English and French 2006

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  • 53% English
  • 33% neither
  • 9% both French and English
  • 5% French
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Family Class

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  • Family members, spouses and partners of people who are living in Canada
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Refugees

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  • People who are escaping prosecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment
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What is Canada’s history with refugees?

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  • Canada signed the United Nations Convention Agreement and 1951 and when it was expanded in 1976
  • Canada signed the Immigration Act in 1976 and Immigration and Refugee Act in 2002
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What are the objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for refugees?

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  • Save and offer protection to displaced and persecuted people
  • Fulfil Canada’s international commitments to protect refugees
  • Give consideration to people who claim to be persecuted
  • Offer refuge to people facing persecution based of race, religion, political opinion, membership in a social group or people facing cruel and unusual treatment or punishment
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Singh Case 1985

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  • Satnam Singh pleaded refugee status in Canada and was denied under the Immigration Act of 1976
  • The Immigration Act did not allow him to plead his case in person or appeal the discussion on his case
  • The Supreme Court ruled that it violated the Charter
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What was the result of the Singh case?

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  • People claiming refugee status in Canada have the right to an in person hearing
  • Canada established the Immigration and Refugee Board to provide quick and fair hearings
  • People claiming refugee status will be provided with necessities of life while waiting
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Other

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  • People accepted as immigrants for humanitarian or compassionate reasons
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Law

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  • Describes principles and policies that must be followed
    Ex. Immigration law says who is allowed in Canada
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Policy

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  • Describes objectives of the government within the law
    Ex. Immigration policy sets procedures for evaluating immigrants
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First Nations Perspective

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  • Canada should not spend so much money and time on immigrants when many First Nations groups are still underfuned and treated poorly
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Assembly of First Nations, Resolution, no. 49 2005

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  • Canada has failed to address the needs of many First Nations groups
  • Canada has failed to consult the Assembly of First Nations on immigration polices and legislation
  • Canada should freeze all immigration until quality of First Nations lives are approved
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Francaphones

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  • In 2006 Canada established a five year plan to help Francophone communities in minority settings to attract French speaking immigrants
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Canada Quebec Accord

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  • Agreement between Qubec and Canadian goverment
  • Can nominate immigrants for permanent residency in Quebec
  • Allows Qubec to require immagrant chiildren in Qebeuc to attend French schools
  • 75% of French speaking immigrants settle in Quebec
  • More non-francophone immigrants settle in Quebec than Francophone immigrants
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Provincial Nomination Program

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  • Provinces can nominate individuals for a percent residency in Canada
    Ex. Province can specify that it needs immigrants with certain skills
  • Government cannot force immigrants to live in a specific area but the program increases the likelihood that they will settle there
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