SOC311H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classic Case, Immigration Policy, Brian Mulroney
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Immigration to settle rural areas in the west: industrial (1900-1960) Pearson: by (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:883), (cid:886)(cid:889)% of toronto(cid:495)s population were visible minorities (meaning any who were non-white, non european, other than aboriginal) Immigration goals: canada seeks economic and population growth, us seeks targeted labor requirements. Factors affecting public support of immigration: economic costs/benefits, population growth, diversity, terrorism, environmental impact. 1995: wants ratio of migration to be prevented from declining below 3. 0 for working age population, assumes migration is required. Immigrants do not differ in fertility and mortality: effect of immigration often diffuses over time. )mmigration has (cid:494)minor(cid:495) impact on population age structure (cid:523)refer to slide (cid:883)(cid:887)(cid:524) Increasing immigration by 1/3 reduces elderly dependency by 9%; increasing by. Indirect, institutional, prejudiced or systemic discrimination conformity to law. Indirect institutional discrimination: definition: discrimination which results from equal application of rules, when the rules themselves are discriminatory, example (micro, requirement for canadian experience/canadian degree, example (macro, educational expansion.
