Immigration changed in the past twenty years

Question 1

How has immigration changed in the past twenty years?

Answer 1

Demographics of immigrants have changed over 20 years, we are now a country comprised largely of immigrants and their descendants, ethnic and race relations in Canada have been heavily influenced by the immigration policy

Question 2

What were immigrants initially?

Answer 2

• Immigrants were initially primarily “white Europeans” and had discouraged the rest of the world

Question 3

What did the new legislation introduce?

Answer 3

• New legislation introduced a point system, whereby prospective immigrants had to qualify based on criteria: education, work experience, language fluency, and age

Question 4

What was the country of origin no longer apart of?

Answer 4

• country of origin no longer party of criteria/selection process

Question 5

Why do we need immigrants?

Answer 5

• we need immigrants because boomers are retiring and babies are not being born fast enough