Immigration

• Economic factors such as job opportunities, wages, and living standards can influence immigration patterns.
• Political instability or conflict may lead people to seek refuge in other countries.
• Immigrants are people who move from one country to another with the intention of settling permanently or temporarily.
• Immigrants were attracted by economic opportunities, political freedom, religious tolerance, and family ties.
• Immigration is defined as the act or process by which people come to live permanently in a foreign country.
• Types of Immigration


  Economic, Family, and Asylum Seeking
• Immigration Concerns


  Integration, Language Barriers, Cultural Shock, and Job Competition
• Immigration


  Process of living in and becoming a citizen in a country, other than where you were born in
• Demographic


  Characteristics of a population
• Labour force growth


  Growth of the 'labor force' or the number of people who can work
• Refugee


  Person who seeks refuge in another country because of danger/persecution in their home country
• Law


  Describes principles or conditions that must be followed
• Policy


  Describes the objectives of the government with the law
• Factors that influence immigration policies in Canada

  • Health factors
  • Economic factors
  • Security factors
• Health


  • They consider the health of immigrants for the well being of Canada
  • They want to prevent diseases that are less popular in Canada from spreading
• Economic factors


  • They want to make sure that immigrants coming into Canada are financially stable so that they will bring more to Canadas economy
• Security


  • They do background checks on immigrants to ensure that there aren't criminals coming into Canada and threatening the community
• Canada's immigration policies are non discriminatory unless someone is…

  • Suffering diseases that could endanger the public health
  • Terrorists
  • Criminals 
  • Very little financial support 
• How are changes to Canadian policies and immigration and refugees reflecting world issues? 

  • Canada is always switching and altering the Refugee Acts in order to try and help surrounding countries that may be facing persecution in order to help them. An example of this is with the Ukrainian refugees coming to Canada we had to alter some of the rules in order to help them and their safety.
• Objectives of the Refugee program:

  1. Save lives and offer protection to people who are displaced and persecuted
  2. Fulfill Canada's international commitments to protect refugees
  3. Grant fair consideration to people who claim to be persecuted
  4. Offer people refuge who are facing persecution
• How are provincial governments able to influence and implement immigration policies?

  • Provincial Nomination Program (PNP): is a Canadian initiative allowing provinces to nominate individuals for permanent residency based on skills. Each province (except for Quebec) has their own PNP with specific criteria fitting different needs
  • There are also other programs such as Start-up visa program (for starting businesses), federal skilled worker program, and Canadian experience class
• Immigration and first nations collective rights:

  • Indigenous is seen as partners with government and told about decisions 
  • They were confused when they were not offered the jobs of the immigrants 
  • 2005 - first nations said to pause the immigration
• Steps for PNP:

  1. Different rules for each place
  2. Apply to a province
  3. Nomination
  4. Apply for permanent residency
• In Quebec there are certain things in immigration policies that help to preserve and strengthen the french language in North America. Some being… 

  • Language proficiency requirements (be proficient in speaking both french and english)
  • French language integration programs
  • French-language education
  • Cultural and social integration
  • Promotion of french in workplace
• What is the relationship between immigration in Canada and the rights guaranteed in the CCRF?

  • Rights in the CCRF state that they protect everyone in Canada, whether they are citizens or not. Only rights that aren’t given to everyone are Democratic rights. 
• Refugee process today:

  • Each person seeking refuge gets a face to face hearing
  • Necessities of life are provided for those waiting for the results of the hearing 
• Immigration and refugee protection act:

  • Establishes who can come into Canada 
  • Laws & policies pose opportunities for citizenship 
• Objectives for immigration:

  • Benefit Canada 
  • Respect bilingual character of Canada 
  • Reunite families 
  • Promote successful integration of immigrants to society
• Point system:

  • 67 points to be qualified Determined on…
  • Education
  • Languages
  • Work experience
  • Age
  • Arranged employment
  • Adaptability