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This paper examines the evolution of Canadian immigration policy since the second World War. Specifically, the paper looks at the dramatic shift that took place in the 1960s as Canada began to move away from its old preferential immigration policy under the Pearson government. Further, the paper illustrates how political, economic and demographic factors created a remarkable amount of momentum for policies which opened the doors (and kept them open) for non-European arrivals from the latter 1960s onward.

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"The following paper will look at the evolution of Canadian Immigration policy since the Second World War. Specifically, the paper will look at the dramatic shift which took place in the 1960s as Canada began to move away from its old preferential immigration policy under the Pearson government. Further, the paper will look at how political, economic and demographic factors created a remarkable amount of momentum for policies which opened the doors (and kept them open) for non-European arrivals from the latter 1960s onward. Simply put, the 1960s saw a belief emerge that race-based quotas were inappropriate in the latter-part of the twentieth ..."

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