NATS 1675 Lecture 5: L5 Governing Trouble and the Making of a Good Citizen
4 Aug 2015
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Governing trouble and the making of a good citizen. Key principles: political self determination, equality between sovereign states, principle of non intervention. Canadian immigration act of 1910:gave the canadian government the power to prohibit the entry of immigrants belonging to any race deemed unsuited to the climate or requirements of. Highly skilled and educated immigrants are needed for national growth. Increased national prosperity no competition for scarce jobs. Reactions to horrors of wwii and concentration camps. Increased living standards in europe less immigrants coming to canada. Humanitarian concerns: 1) family reunification and 2) refugee policy was progressively developed. 1st canadian citizenship act (jan. 1st, 1947): until 1947 all canadians were british subjects living in canada. 2nd canadian citizenship act (1977): citizenship is reconstituted as a right not a privilege. 3rd canadian citizenship act (2002): revised loyalty oath to canada and its democratic values.
