HISB41H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Biculturalism, Interculturalism, Protocol Relating To The Status Of Refugees

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Immigration policy: the immigration act of 1952: the emergent period, 1960s, order-in-council pc 1962-86, 1962, the points system (order-in council pc, 1967-86), 1967, multiculturalism addressed in the royal commission on bilingualism and. Biculturalism, 1963-1970: the formative period, 1970s, trudeau government introduces canada" first multicultural policy, 1971, creation of a multicultural directorate within the dept. of secretary of state, 1972: creation of the ministry of multiculturalism, 1973 d. Canada"s immigration policy continues to be highly restrictive in the two years immediately following the cession of war. Humanitarian lobbyists pressure the government to open canada"s borders to europe"s refugees and displaced persons. Pm mackenzie king eventually gives in to pressure hundreds of thousands of european refugees and displaced persons enter canada in between 1947 and 1957. Act allows the admission of preferred classes of immigrants: british subjects, french citizens, american residents, asians who want to reunite with immediate relatives in canada.

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