Lec #10: Immigration Policy and racism in canada Flashcards

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What are the 3 reasons as to why canada receives immigrants?

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1) Economic- labour industries
2) Humanitarian- something happens outside of canada so we accept refugees b/c they have no home
3) Political reasons- in other countries, the gov’t is not stable resulting in violence, lack of basic rights etc. So canada lets immigrants in b/c they have applied for political asylum

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what are the 5 major immigrant categories in canada?

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  • Refugees
  • Economic Immigrant
  • Family class
  • Temporary foreign workers
  • Non-status immigrants
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why were the europeans favoured as immigrants by the canadian gov’t?

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B/c it was perceived that they were able to better assimilate to the canadian cultures and values than non-euorpeans

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what factors acted behind choosing non-white immigrants?

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  • the non-white immigrants/temporary workers were permitted to migrate into canada as the canadian employers needed cheap labour
  • however the workers were not welcomed as permanent citizens
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What is the Negro Problem?

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  • Black people could not live in the same neighbourhood as the white people
  • Preventing african americans from moving to canada
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What influenced in changing the post- WWII immigration policy of canada?

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  • the post WWII international political environment played a role in tempering officially sanctioned discrimination w/in the immigration system.
  • Government policies that were grounded on explicitly racist assumptions about the inferiority of groups of people were discredited both politically and scientifically
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