Canadian Immigration Flashcards
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Immigration
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- Moving to a new country, that is not your native country
2
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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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- Mandarin
- English
- Arabic
- Punjabi
- 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
21
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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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