CAST 2285 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lection, Maple Leaf, Expo 67
5 Apr 2016
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Absorpive capacity= accept as many immigrants as economy could absorb. Relect period"s racial aitudes (preference was briish immigrants; believed to assimilate best: between 1945-1959 1. 7 million immigrants (mostly european or from the us) Bill of rights (1960) rejected discriminaion based on race, naional origin, colour, religion, or gender. Points system (1967) based lecion on educaion, personal qualiies, occupaional demand, age, and linguisic skills. 1966= 87% of immigrants of european origins, 1970 down to 50: example; italians (catholic, spoke a diferent language) Signiicance = changing idenity: canada long portrayed as pairing of briish and french. These old symbols don"t relect the modern canada that is developing: changing idenity leads to changing self-image, out-dated symbols. 1892 british approved use by canadians at sea. Stanely"s design"s centrepeice is replaced with the red maple leaf. 1930s; irst discussions in house of commons regarding new, disinct lag.
