Immigration Flashcards
What is the main objective of immigration in Canada
To improve and maintain the quality of life of existing Canadians
In the 1800’s, Canada posted posters because they wanted new immigrants to fulfill the objectives of the national policy, the objectives were:
- To promote Canadian industry
- To finish the national railway
- To settle the west of Canada
Canada targeted the U.S, Britain and other European countries for immigration but not:
French speaking countries like France, Belgium & Switzerland
Immigration and refugee protection act if from
2002
The immigration and refugee protection act of 2002 establishes__________
It establishes the categories of who can come into Canada. Also lays out the categories
The categories of immigrants are:____________
Say percent as well
Economic immigrants: 55%
Family class: 28%
Refugees: 13%
Other: 4%
The 4 Opportunities & Challenges of immigration are:
- Bringing in Immigrants helps with labor force shortage and immigrants with specific skill can help fill in open spaces at specific jobs
- Canada has obligation to help refugees in danger
- Immigration creates a mix of cultures and preserves Canada’s multicultural and bilingual identity
- The immigration policy takes into account the health, quality of life and safety of those who already live in Canada first
6 Objectives of the immigration & refugee act are:
- preserving and valuing the diversity of Canada
- Social, cultural & economic benefits for Canadians
- Supporting the development of minority official languages in Canada
- reuniting families
- Spreading the economic benefits of immigration nationwide
- Promoting integration of immigrants into Canadian society
Definition of Immigration:
people who establish homes and citizenship in a country that’s not native to them
Definition of Demographic:
To do with the characteristics of populations
Labor Force:
The amount of people who can work
Side note: We don’t need more immigrants if we already have enough people working to help build our economy. If we bring in more people while pretty much all the jobs are already taken and there’s no job hiring anywhere, it’s going to lead to unemployment issues. Labour force is good for the growth of the economy and immigration. Without immigration, Canada’s labour force will shrink.
Benefits of immigration to the labour force are:
- birth rates are low, therefor our economy needs immigrants to fill in the labour force
- Overall immigration helps with economic growth and the filling in open spaces in the labour force
A immigration law says:
who is allowed into Canada
An immigration policy:
sets out the procedures for evaluating immigrants and how many are allowed into Canada each year
Who does the point system apply to:
Economic Immigrants Only
How many points do you need to qualify in the point system?
67 points!
What factor in the point system gives you the most points?
Education!
How does age play a factor when getting points in the point system?
The younger you are, the more likely you are to be accepted because if you’re young, you have more energy and more to contribute to society
What are the 5 factors in the point system:
- Age
- Work Experience
- Education
- Language
- background factors/ties/family you already have in Canada
What are the 4 main health criteria:
- Can’t have a disease that’s a risk to society or other Canadians/ public
- Can’t put an excessive demand on medical needs
- Has to be in good health
What is 1 main difference between past immigration laws and todays?
Immigration policies don’t exclude anyone because of their race or origin anymore
Who did Canada favor as immigrants in the past and who wouldn’t they accept?
They favored British immigrants and didn’t want ant Asians
Who was expected to pay a head tax/fine for coming to Canada?
The Chinese Immigrants
When and why did Canada accept a ton of refugees all of a sudden and what’s different now?
between the 1950’s and 60’s, Canada took in a ton of refugees all at once due to world crises and in 1976 Immigration was made one of Canada’s immigrant categories and started to accept refugees steadily
When did refugees become an immigrant category?
1976
What are Canada’s Refugee program objectives?
- to save and protect the lives of refugees
- grant fair consideration to those who say are in danger
- offer refugee due to specific reasons like discrimination and torture
Immigration act 1976, what can’t you do
- No spying or threats/subversion against the government
- Can’t act on threats against the government
Immigration and refugee act 2002, Who can’t do what?
Permanent residents and foreign internationals can’t:
- be a danger to the security of Canada and the public
- Engage in terrorism
- Engage in violent acts
- Can’t engage in spying
- Can’t engage in subversion towards the government
- Can’t be part of an organization that engages in terrorism, spying, violent acts etc.
What are the top 5 languages of immigrants?
- Mandrin
- English
- Punjabi
- Spanish
- Arabic
What are the refugee status rights?
- People under refugee status have the right to a fair and short hearing
- They’re also provided the necessities of life while waiting on their hearing
Assembly of FN’s resolution no.49, 3 points
- fails to meet FN communities needs
- Fails to consult the assembly of first nations when making policies on immigration and legislation
- Therefore, they want immigration to halt until all their needs are met
Who is the AFN and what did they do?
the AFN is the assembly of first nations and they called to stop all immigration so that the FN communities necessities can be met
What 3 cities get the most immigration?
Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver
what is the PNP?
the PNP is the provincial nomination program and they can say which type of immigrants they need and even though they can’t force someone to go to a specific province and work a job there, the PNP increases the likelihood of the provinces getting the type of immigrants they need. The PNP also allows provinces to set up immigration offices in other countries to promote going to their province to work
Which provinces have the most to least immigration?
Ontario has 50% Quebec has 18% B.C has 15% Alberta has 8% Manitoba has 4% Other parts have 3%
What is the Canadian- Quebec Accord?
- Under the accord, Quebec can nominate the percentage of immigrants that corresponds to its population
- They also require their immigrants to send their children to a French-speaking school
- Quebec seeks immigrants who’re French and 75% are picked to settle in Quebec, overall tho, more non-francophone immigrants settle in Quebec than Francophone immigrants.
