Immigration: The Economic Case |
| In this enlightening book, Diane Francis looks at immigration in
Canada from an economic perspective. Tracing the country’s experience with
immigration from the nineteenth century through the installation of the point
system in the 1960s to the adoption of Bill C-11, “The New Immigration Act
of 2002,” she shows how originally sensible policies have developed
unintended consequences that threaten the economic and social well-being of our
country. In particular, lax procedures and a lack of clear thinking and
economic vision on the part of both conservative and liberal governments have
turned immigration policy away from the laudable goal of helping to increase
the living standards of Canadians and newcomers alike. |
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| Herself an immigrant, the author is sensitive to the vital role
that immigrants play in weaving the fabric of the nation. But the statistics
she has collected tell a story of declining welfare among the new arrivals and
of their insecure place in the new economy. She quotes numerous immigration
officials past and present who are as concerned as she is with the current
ragged state of the system. After laying out in vivid detail the troubling
problems that this system currently generates, she offers eighteen sensible
suggestions as to how it should be reformed. This timely book should help fuel
a constructive debate on the direction that immigration policy should take in
Canada in the twenty-first century. Written by Diane Francis. Published by Key Porter Books Ltd., 2002. |
| Catalogue No. | 1-55263-532-5 |
| Price | $21.95 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Pages | 192 |
| Language | English only |
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