SOC 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Clifford Sifton, Immigration Policy
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The only people who were actually allowed to settle in canada were the french, british, and german. Immigration policy: 1910 was a very formal one. The building of the cpr was something that was done by the state for the purpose of building the. Britain was our major trading partner until the end of ww2: until after the 1880s, we were largely dependent on britain to buy us these goods an be able to sell it to us after. 1860s canada experienced poor white immigrant from irish, scotland, and england. This massive influx of irish and scottish & poor england immigrants. They signed up because canadian dollars exchanged to a lot of their money. Coming to canada they didn"t know they had to pay in canadian dollars for a place to stay and live. So the wage they were paying them was actually low when you look at the price of living at the time.
