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2 days ago · "The bottom line is we have to fix our immigration, get back to the best system in the world, the one that brought my wife here as a refugee legally and lawfully, the one that brought so many ...
Oct 24, 2024 · Canada’s major changes to immigration targets met with widespread criticism. Business groups, opposition parties and the Ontario government react to Trudeau government’s major cut in...
4 days ago · Facing criticism at home as Trump prepares to return to the White House, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government could've acted faster to address immigration concerns.
- Who Is Responsible For Immigration?
- 19th Century Immigration to Canada
- Early 20th Century: Racial and National Restrictions
- Post-War Period: Towards A Points System
- Immigration Act, 1976
- Emphasis on Economic Migration
- Changes in Modern Immigration Policy
Several federal government departments or agencies have been responsible for immigration policy since the Second World War: the Ministry of Mines and Resources (1936-1949), the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (1950–66, 1992–2016), the Department of Manpower and Immigration (1966-77), and the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission (1...
In the 19th century, the movement of individuals and groups to Canada was largely unrestricted. This mostly “open door” policy encouraged white immigration to Canada and notably the settlement of Western Canada. (See also Immigration in Canada.) Canada was, however, not open to all. The first Immigration Act passed in 1869 and specifically discrimi...
After large cohorts of mostly European immigration came to Canada between 1903 and 1913, and a series of political upheavals and economic problems that followed the First World War (see Winnipeg General Strike), a much more restrictive immigration policy was implemented. Under a revised Immigration Act in 1919, the government excluded certain group...
Canada's restrictive immigration policies began to slowly and gradually ease after the Second World War, partly thanks to booming economic growth (and demand for labour) and partly due to changing social attitudes. In 1947 the formal ban on Chinese immigration was ended. However, in 1952, a new Immigration Act maintained Canada's discriminatory pol...
Immigration and population policies were overhauled substantially in 1975. After substantial consultation, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passed a new Immigration Act, 1976. The Act, which took effect in 1978, was a radical break from the past. It established for the first time in law the main objectives of Canada's immigra...
During the 1980s, policy makers instituted a program to encourage business people and entrepreneurs to immigrate to Canada, bringing their managerial skills and financial capital in order to create additional employment opportunities. Many immigrants have since brought substantial capital and jobs to Canada. Without more immigration, the decline in...
In 2001, after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Canada replaced its 1976 Immigration Act with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The new Act, which came into force in 2002, maintained many of the principles and policies of the previous one, including the various classes of immigrants. It also extended the family cla...
Oct 26, 2024 · The Trudeau Liberals came to office promising to resettle 25,000 refugees from Syria and turn the page on a Conservative government that worried about " barbaric cultural practices " and what...
Aug 29, 2024 · The federal government has already said it will admit about 485,000 permanent residents — immigrants who intend to settle here on a permanent basis — to Canada this year, with the target rising...
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Oct 24, 2024 · The Government of Canada has put in place measures to manage the volume of temporary resident arrivals, uphold the integrity of our immigration system and protect vulnerable people, including reforming the International Student Program
