Immigration Policy In Canada, 1867 To PresentEssay Preview: Immigration Policy In Canada, 1867 To PresentReport this essayPart 1: OverviewImmigration Policy in CanadaTo start with this research report I am going to introduce the exact meaning of the term immigration policy. Immigration Policy is a Canadian Act written in the Constitution, which allows people from different countries in the world to come to Canada. These people have intentions to be loyal to this country and stay here for a short period of time (3 years) to earn their citizenship. In different countries policies depend, number 1) is on “isolationism” which means that people are not allowed to come from other countries of the world, and 2) “free immigration” which applies to Canada, people in general are allowed to come from different countries in the world. In Canada the immigration policy is integrated into “building the country”. The future of Canada depends on the formation and laws being put to maintain that policy.
The year 1869, was the year where “the first immigration policy” was written in the Canadian Legislation. This marked a huge step forward for our country to become more diverse, and open a wide variety of doors to millions of people who wanted to come to this country. From that time on millions of immigrants have come and gone in and out of this country for more than a century. Clifford Sifton was one of the first politicians to be “Minister of the Interior”. He was very intelligent to promote people to come to the West Coast of Canada. Many of the people that came during this period were mostly from Eastern Europe. The only reason that “more than 3 million people” came to Canada from 1891-1914 was because Sifton had a desire to solve the economic problems of Canada during that time under Laurier. Also this period of history was the most important economic boom for Canada because new railways were being built, it was the time of the “gold rush”, new mines were being built and the framing in the Prairies and the West Coast were on a rise. That is the only reason Sifton wanted to attract as many immigrants as possible to Canada. (
In the history of Canada there have been many immigration policies that have changed throughtout the years. For example there had been a “Chinese Immigration Act” for many years during the early 1900s, where all the Chinese people had to pay a “Head Tax” which was a amount of money to get in the country. This tax incresed as years passed, and Chinese people struggled to come in the country because they were looking for jobs, and the “gold rush”. Most of the Chinese people settled in the West Coast because of Canada using them to build the Pacific Railway. Meanwhile in 1906 the Immigration Act was reinforced
by Frank Oliver in purpose so immigrants such as (“prostitutes, persons judged insane or mentally ill, and epileptics”) could not come to this country. Also in 1952 the immigration policy was renewed which provided the governement with powers to “descriminate and deport” people. In 1967 This same Act was renewed again to not allow descrimination anymore and the “point system” was formed for people to aplly for status in Canada. From that time on this act has only been changed a few times just so to make everything better for Canada and its immigration. This policy has been rened to fix issues for refugees and people from countries that make a small portion of the entire world. (
Rhonda Parkinson states in one of her articles that immigration policies and its programs run by the government have been discriminative after Confederation and until a period of 1950s to middle 1960s where after these years the government reinforced a new immigration policy. Now the new policies are made for the benefit of Canada in its “society, culture, and economy”. (
Douglas Baldwin says that the Canadian economy is dependent on the number of immigrants it accepts annually. At the start of Confederation in 1867, Canada had about 3 million people. By building into the immigration Act every 4 years Canada in the present day has reached a population of about 32 million people. Canada is a country which accepts immigrants from every different part of the world, and its status is dependent on them. Immigrants have helped this country during good and bad times. They have done a magnificent job in building this country into where it is now. Also the immigration policy has divided immigrants into three separate categories. They are: refugees, families, and others based on the point system. Refugees are the most which
The Immigration Act is written with an immigration policy in mind. The law has only a single point in mind, but it has evolved from the original immigration law into a refugee system, which is how the Refugee Board of Canada was created to accommodate and assist immigrants. An example of this is the fact that every single one of the refugee applicants is made to return to Canada one year after being accepted into the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Services.
In addition to the original immigration law, the government can also enforce various legal, personal and commercial rights through the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) and any immigration authorities. The IRB has been the primary federal government body in the immigration system for most of the 20th century, which is why it was necessary for the United Nations to create the International Classification of Conventional Humanities in 1948. The IRB is still very strong but it was replaced in the late 1960s by the OECD, which was created to help to expand the range of the humanitarian standards and requirements to ensure the safety of the population.
The IRB is composed mostly of independent members whose duties are to maintain their discretion and to act as a check before the Minister of Immigration, which has the powers which can be exercised or ignored by Ministers, to the extent necessary or advisable. In addition to that, this section has only one purpose. First, the IRB determines the criteria to be followed when the subject matter concerns a particular refugee or immigration worker. Some persons, especially those who require a special degree of protection from deportation, may be admitted when they first arrive on Canadian shores; this may prove to be a very attractive advantage. Further, by making it so that a particular refugee or immigration worker is not allowed to remain under the jurisdiction of their own employers, they are able to prevent or curtail the entry of other persons who might be brought to Canada or to other lands and nations, and to prevent refugees or migrants in need of special protection from arbitrary acts of authority from being employed at the border. The IRB is also used by the Immigration Bureau to deal with other refugees and migrants who may be brought to Canada by other means with an intention to come and remain, or who may want to come.
When Immigration Law is Transacted, the only person in doubt for processing is the Refugee Board of Canada. Refugee applicants who are subject to the requirement of applying for the special status of refugee status may also be admitted into this system. However, to be considered as having accepted the special status of refugee status is an immigrant needing to prove that they are entitled to an exemption from the special status of refugee status. In order to qualify for the special status, the applicant needs to prove the following:
1. That, to the best of his or her knowledge and abilities, the applicant has not been subject to persecution or the persecution or persecution of other nations in the region, or to religious groups within the region, which are members of any religious group, or (2) In that case, that the