SWRK 1001H Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Skilled Worker, Visible Minority, Needs Assessment
13 Mar 2017
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Introduction: 1 in 5 canadians are born in a different country, most immigrants were from europe but today most of them from asia and the. Racist beginnings: canada invited people to immigrant early on in order to build the national railway. It stated early on that its preference for white people from britian, europe and the usa. In 1906-1910 it got more strict by banning poor, sick, or immoral applicants, asian immigrants were especially not welcome into canada. In order to control this they made immigrants of chinese origin to pay a head tax (up to. Human rights and multiculturalism: canada bill of rights prohibited the federal government from discriminating because of race, colour, gender, or ethnic origin. Reforming the immigration act: one problem was that the immigrantion quotas was being filled by too many unskilled extended family members, not enough skilled and educated workers. Immigration was also becoming a burden on social programs costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
