CDNS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Amsterdam Treaty, Terrorist Threats, International Relations

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 2000
• Professor: Mihaela Vieru

Document Summary

Legislative measures security: national, regional, international. Decisions that are taken at the level of multilateral bodies (g8, nato, Un: immigration, integration, citizenship, multiculturalism overhauled, collective/national rights take precedent. Impact on: perception of national belonging by immigrants (esp. those categorized as arab", perception of the right" way (im)migrants should act for being considered full members in the host societies by residence population. Spills into how we think about multiculturalism, assimilation etc. Historical trends of us v. them and conformity/assimilation: reinforced and legitimized. 1988: canada u. s. free trade agreement. 1994: nafta (ca + us + mexico) 1992 bill c-86: restrictions on how applications of potential immigrants and refugees were processed, greater powers for immigration officers, = erosion of protection and appeal rights of immigrants and refugees. Of canadian heritage: multic portfolio from heritage to citizenship and immigration (2008, multic portfolio from cic back to canadian heritage (2015)