Push/Pull Factors
What is the difference between push and pull factors?
push factors cause people to leave their home country and pull factors cause people to move to a new country
Refugees in Canada were given the right to a a hearing under which decision.
The Singh Decision
Which class of immigrants does the point system apply to?
economic class
What is the primary goal of the Canada-Quebec Accord?
Bring more French speaking immigrants to Canada.
What is the Aboriginal perspective of immigration?
The Canadian Government should keep promises and help out FN groups before focusing on new immigrants
What are the four factors of immigration?
Economic, Health, Safety, Security
Today Canada needs immigration for two reasons.
economic and demographic
67 points
True or False: Canada provides the necessity of life to immigrants while they are awaiting a hearing.
True (because of the Sing Decision)
What is the Francophone perspective of immigration?
The Family class category of immigrants is for?
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to all people in Canada except...
voting rights (democratic rights)
Even if a immigrant gets enough points they could still be rejected for these two reasons.
health reasons and criminals
What is the Provincial Nomination Program?
provinces can nominate immigrants in order to meet their economic needs.
With reasonable accommodation some Canadians have started to feel this way about immigrants.
They are taking over
War in your home country would be considered?
A push factor
What does the Chinese Head Tax mean?
The Canadian government made Chinese immigrants pay when they entered Canada. An attempt to deter.
Name two categories within the point system
Language Ability, Education, Work Experience, Age, Arranged Job, Adaptability
The Canada-Quebec Accord can require new immigrants to Quebec to do what?
send their kids to a French speaking school
Give one perspective Canadians could have about the Singh decision.
answers may vary
Good jobs and more space would be considered.
pull factors
John A MacDonald's National Policy had two main immigration goals, what were they?
grow the population of Canada and bring immigrants to build the railroad
Which year was the point system introduced?
1967
The current immigration act is called?
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
What can be the problems with having lots of new immigrants in Canadian schools?
Students don't speak the official lanuages