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Chapter 5 (grade 9) How well do Canada's immigration laws and policies…
Chapter 5 (grade 9) How well do Canada's immigration laws and policies respond to immigration issues?
criteria that Canada uses when accepting immigrants and refugees
immigration and refugee protection act
makes categories to who can immigrate to Canada and find permanent homes
Economic class (55%): workers and business people
family class (28%): people that already have closely related family in Canada
refugee's (13%): people escaping persecution, tortures, natural disaster and cruel punishment
Objectives of act: social, cultural, economic benefits - embrace multiculturalism - reunite families in CA
Points system
you need 67 point in order to apply to come to Canada on economic class
advantages: protects Canada from violence, helps workforce,
only applies to economic category. refugees and family class do not need this
disadvantages: costly, harder to get into Canada, some people cant improve quality of life
health factoring into qualifying as an immigrant
every potential immigrant must prove they are in good health. Reasons they may be refused includes (only for economic class)
condition that could endanger public safety
puts a demanding toll on health services
there health could but Canada at risk (tuberculosis)
How immigration laws are different now than before
nobody is excluded based on race or date of origin
in the past Canada favored immigrants with British ancestry and excluded Asians
refugee policy
category of immigrant under the refugee protection act (1976)
1950-60: CA offered to shelter refugees in specific world crisis
1951: Canada signed the U.N convention relating to the status of refugee
individual and collective rights of Canada influencing immigration laws and policies
Singh decision
April fourth is the national refugee rights day celebrating the supreme court decision to make Singh decision
result
immigration and refugee board provide quick and fair hearings
provide refugees and immigrants with necessities of life in CA before they get a hearing
people claiming refugee status
individual vs. collective rights
individual: rights that every individual person has
collective: (group rights): for certain groups
immigration involving the collective rights of aboriginal peoples
agreements to work together to share prosperity
Many aboriginals though still live in poverty and have minimal access to education
aboriginals have collective rights to know when the government makes decisions that shape the future of the country
How provinces influence immigration laws and policies
provincial nomination program
allows some provinces to set up immigration offices in foreign countries
does not require immigrants to have to settle in a specific province
provinces can nominate a percentage of immigrants that Canada selects each year so provinces can specify what kinds of skills in immigrants they need
Canada Quebec Accord (specific agreement with Quebec)
Quebec can nominate the percentage of immigrants to Canada that corresponds with its population
allows Quebec to require children of immigrants to go to French-learning schools
seeks immigrants__ who's first language is French