HIS312H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Canadian Jewish Congress, Canadian Red Cross, Permanent Residency In Canada
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Will the economy grow or not: is there room for immigrants or not. More than a million people were refugees that were demanding sanctuary and certainly interested in getting into canada. Mackenzie king"s house of commons statement, 1947. Immigrants needed to continue nation building: wait and see how the economy does, how many can be absorbed. Who: people who can be easily integrated, no one who would alter canada"s character". We cannot endanger so great a heritage as ours". Just to be clear: very few asians: canadians fearful of large immigration, even of europeans, public opinion poll april 1946: 61% opposed to large european immigration, main concern: to protect and improve canada"s standard of living. From some canadian officials: department of external affairs, jockeying for influence at the new united nations, canada"s reputation depends on assisting with refugee crisis, had observed the enormity of the plight first hand.
