SOSC 1510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Immigration Policy, Krahn People, Western Settlement
17 Nov 2018
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Seeking equality for immigrants, migrants and racialized workers. Read: mcbride, ch 5, "supplying the labour market through importing labour", pp 87-117. Supplementary: krahn, ch 5 "labour markets: opportunities and inequality", pp 133-166. Pupo, ch 9, the movement of work and workers , pp 170-189. pg. 87: historically canada is a settler country. Here, western settlement was an important component of the first national policy. Next section: reviews the development of immigration policy"s various goals. pg. 89. Perhaps the most motors was the introduction of a head tax. Reading notes: chinese immigration act of 1885 was frequently written about where large amounts of chinese workers came to work on railway construction. This head tax was designed to reduce the flow of chinese immigration by imposing a head tax, the act was only partially successful in achieving their objective: the tax was increased several times throughout the years. However, economic factors continued to play a role. pg.
