HISC46H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Brian Mulroney, National Post, Ellen Fairclough
Document Summary
Immigration policy immediately following the second world war. Immigration act of 1952: order-in-council pc 1962-86, 1962, the points system (order-in council pc 1967-1616), 1967. Immigration act of 1976: multiculturalism and its critics. Canada"s immigration policy continues to be highly restrictive in the two years immediately following the cession of war. Humanitarian lobbyists pressure government to open canada"s borders to europe"s refugees and displaced persons: pm mackenzie king eventually gives in to domestic and international pressures to respond. Hundreds of thousands of european refugees and displaced person enter canada between 1847 and 1957. Act allows the admission of preferred classes of immigrants: british subjects, french citizens, american residents, asians who want to reunite with immediate relatives in canada. Act discriminates against: asians without immediate relatives in canada, homosexuals, sex trade workers, epileptics, disabilities, other ethnic groups admitted via quota (e. g. Diefenbaker-appointed minister of citizenship and immigration ellen fairclough introduces regulations eliminating racial discrimination in canada"s immigration policy.