Immigrants In Canada

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Immigration in Canada is one of the core values, it has been since almost the founding of Canada. The way that Canada grow in population during early years, even france had a way of populating Canada. When we established colonies and new cities, they were all people that were from Great Britain and France. The British and French treated the native people as a second class people. The First Nations did not have the same rights and privileges as the newcomers to Canada.

The government of Canada took the Native people to live on reserves, and made them live on reserves, the reserves were pieces of land that the British did not want or the land was bad for farming. They also were forced to attend residential school. The First Nations People …show more content…

In 1960 the Canadian government started on a road of reconciliation to the Aboriginal, Chinese, Japanese, and other immigrants. The Aboriginal gained the right to vote, the Canadian Multicultural Act was established, and Baltej Dhillon became the first turban-wearing RCMP officer. The government has started on the path of reconciliation towards the Aboriginals, and the immigrants the made Canada their home all those years ago. The Harper Government so far has done the most as far as reconciliation towards the people that they …show more content…

For this reason Canada is called the 'country of immigrants', and in 2011, Canada had a highest proportion of foreign-born population among the G8 countries. The population of the country is national power. In the past, the population of Canada was much less than its territory, which had weak economic power, but always addressed the problem with new immigration policies. Currently, the Canadian government has created better, newer policies for more immigrants. In particular, the Harper and Trudeau governments have made a lot of efforts to help immigrants, and to make up for their discomfort.

The Canadian government during 1885, many Chinese immigrants to Canada imposed head tax, unlike other immigrants. Many of these Chinese were subjected to unjust treatment and discrimination, but they were not protected and rewarded because the immigration policy for them was poor and lacking. Past governments have not apologized for this, but on June 23, 2006, the Harper government apologized to the Chinese Canadians about discriminant policy and head tax, and provided about $ 20,000 in

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