Canadian Immigration

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that Canadian immigration policy is defined by a range of public and private actors, but is implemented and regulated by state institutions. The paper then argues, with reference to a comparative analysis of three recent articles on immigration and diversity from the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and the Ottawa Citizen, conflicting ideologies and representations of the objects of regulations in these publications reveal the economic and class basis of immigration policy and its legal regulation in Canada today.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Media Actors and Representations
Critical Background: Immigration and the Concept of Diversity
Contemporary Representations of Immigration

From the Paper:

"Some critics have argued that the history of the discourse on Canadian diversity has shifted over the course of the twentieth century - from the early years as described above to the present day - over which time the focus shifted from the "problem of immigration" and preventing more diversity from arriving, to the "naturalization problem" of coping with the existing diversity within Canadian borders. However, a critical analysis of the media representations of immigration and diversity within a short span of time - in three different publications in two Canadian metropolises - suggest that this argument may be flawed. From this perspective, the regulatory aspect of the "problem of immigration" remains a core element in the representation of this issue in Canadian media today."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Day, R.J.F. "Constructing the Official Canadian: A Genealogy of the Mosaic Metaphor in State Policy Discourse." Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 2 (1998).
• Freeman, Alan. "Mexicans Find a Rough Welcome Mat in Canada." Globe and Mail. August 6, 2007.
• Hunt, Alan. Explorations in Law and Society: Toward a Constitutive Theory of Law. New York: Routledge, 1993.
• Keung, Nicholas. "Mexican Refugee Requests Skyrocket." Toronto Star. August 5, 2007.
• Kizito, Tiffany. "National Capital Has Duty to Welcome Diversity." Ottawa Citizen. July 28, 2007.

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