SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946, Canadian Pacific Railway, Imagined Communities
13 Dec 2014
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Governing trouble and the making of a good citizen. Principal of sovereign state : every state is sovereign and can decide and implement laws within the state. Principle of legality: every sovereign state has its own laws and no state"s law should be seen as inferior to any other. Principle of non-interference: every state has the right to determine and exact its laws and no other sovereign state should try to change or exact any of these laws without permission from the state that enforces these laws. Key principles: political self determination, equality between sovereign states, principle of non intervention. Canadian immigration act of 1910:gave the canadian government the power to prohibit the entry of immigrants belonging to any race deemed unsuited to the climate or requirements of. Highly skilled and educated immigrants are needed for national growth. Increased national prosperity no competition for scarce jobs. Reactions to horrors of wwii and concentration camps.
