Canadian Immigration Issues

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This paper looks at Canada's controversial race-based immigration policies before 1960. The paper presents a literature review on this topic. The paper then reviews Canada's revamped immigration policies that were launched in the 1960s and 1970s.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Canada's Multicultural Policy

From the Paper:

"In the article, "A hundred years of immigration to Canada 1900-1999," published by the Canadian Council for Refugees' (CCR) on their informative Web site (www.web.net/~ccr/history.html), the history of immigration into Canada is presented in great detail. In 1900, for example, 41,681 immigrants "were admitted to Canada... [and most of them who were] farmers.." from northern Europe, the U.S. or Britain, because Clifford Sifton (Minister of Interior) believed that "...a stalwart peasant in a sheepskin coat, born to the soil...with a stout wife and a half dozen children, is good quality." While those Caucasian immigrants were welcomed into Canada, the immigration of Black Americans "was actively discouraged, often on the grounds that they were unsuitable for the climate," the CCR site reported."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Boyd, Monica. 1976. Immigration Policies and Trends: A Comparison of Canada and the United States. Demography 13 (1): 83-104.
• Canadian Council for Refugees. 2001. A hundred years of immigration to Canada 1900-1999:A chronology focusing on refugees and discrimination. Retrieved March 20 2007 fromhttp://www.web.net/~ccr/history.html.
• CIC Canada. 2001. The Role of Transportation in Canadian Immigration 1900-2000. RetrievedMarch 20 2007 from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/transport/chap-3b.html.
• Patrias, Carmela. 2000. The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration PolicyBy Ninette Kelley; Michael Trebilcock. The American Historical Review 105 (2): 532-533.
• The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2003. Immigration. Retrieved march 20, 2007 fromhttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com.

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