Immigration issues Flashcards
what’s the deal with immigration in Canada?
Immigration is when someone establishes a home in a different country and possibly establishing citizenship
Immigration is essential to Canada because:
- the natural birthrate it 1.54%
- most of Canada’s natural population has more boomers than young people
- immigrants can replace the aging workforce
- more diversity( we are officially multicultural and bilingual)
Immigration pull factors in Canada:
- job opportunities
- education
- better quality of life
- health care
what’s the deal with emigration?
emigration is when a person leaves their native country to another country. reasons like:
- war
- displacement
- discrimination
- mistreatment
- famine
- conflict, etc
what’s the deal with the Singh Decision?
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what’s the deal with resolution 49?
the First Nations made treaties and agreements with the Canadian government to work together and share the land. They felt that the government was ignoring their agreement and ignoring the first nations. They demanded the government to freeze all immigration until their needs were met(unsafe water to drink, poor living conditions).
what’s the deal with Canada-Quebec accords?
The percentage of French-speaking Canadians is very low. Quebec feels that their culture and language will not be protected so they made an agreement with Canada: Canada-Quebec accord.
- able to reject people they think will undermine their language and culture
- able to require children to attend French-speaking schools
- able to nominate the percentage of immigrants equal to the percentage of Quebec
- able to request for French-speaking immigrants
what’s the deal with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act(2002)?
These are the objectives:
- pursue all economical, cultural, and social benefits for all Canadians
- respect the multicultural and bilingual character of Canada
- reunite all Canadian families
- promote successful integration into Canadian societies
- Share the benefits of immigration and support a prosperous economy
- support the development of minority language communities
Points test:
- education
- age
- work experience
- adaptability
- language skills
- arranged employment in Canada
what’s the deal with the point system(include controversies)?
- a passing score of 67
- only assesses economic immigrants
- has to pass the health factor
- does not assess immigrants based on ethnicity, culture, religion, background, etc.
People may say the point system is too harsh, and others may say the point system is too loose.
what are the 4 types of immigrants Canada accepts?
1) economic immigrants- accessed by the point system
2) refugees- has to be able to prove they are a being mistreated/discriminated/war/etc to be accepted
3) family immigrants
4) other
how did immigration change in Canada?
During the late 1800s, the only immigrants coming into Canada were Europeans(Britain put up advertisements of the unlimited resources and owning land and starting new life), in the early to mid 1900s- people were coming
what’s the health factor?
- ## have to able to prove they will not be a danger to Canadians
