A refugee is defined as a person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. Having an open-door policy in Canada means that Canada would admit refugees of all nationalities or ethnic groups who are being forced to flee their own country. Allowing refugees entrance into Canada is the only wise and reasonable response Canadians should have towards this crisis at the moment, because an open-door policy towards refugees will not only prevent history from repeating itself negatively, but it will allow people to finally treat refugees as equals to themselves.
If refugees are not given passage into Canada with an open-door policy, history will without a doubt repeat itself. In 1938, Canada denied refugees entrance,
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With the open-door policy, Canada will prevent history from repeating itself negatively, and Canadians will finally treat refugees as equals to themselves. It is essential that Canada starts to recognize that the worth of these refugee lives is not inferior to the worth of anyone else’s lives. The mindset that generates the response of society to the deaths of many compared to the deaths of few needs to be broken. And as a result, Canada will treat refugees as they treat Canadians. As the evidence shows, history is already starting to repeat itself, shown by the similarities between Hitler before World War II and Donald Trump now, and Canada has to stop this happening before it is too late. Canada cannot let itself make the same mistake it made in 1938 when it sent 907 lives to their cruel death in the Holocaust. Without a doubt, Canada should have an open-door policy towards refugees, to stop this global dilemma. The evidence has clearly proven this. The world should be driven at this time to connect individuals and countries to at long last conclude the world crisis that has lasted for far too
Making Canada great Again From 1942-1949 the Canadian government was responsible for the cruel internment of Japanese citizens in Canada. Ever since the first sailor Manzo-Nagano arrived in New Westminster, BC Japanese have experienced prejudice. Early BC settlers were extremely conscious of there ethnic origin and were extremely concerned with the racial origins of immigrants, they became obsessed with eliminating “undesirables” and as a result passed laws preventing them from voting, working in mines and other government funded projects.
He pushed an ambitious agenda promoting industries, building railways and opening the west to immigrants from Europe. With that Canada started its way to multiculturalism. However, this plan didn’t present equal opportunities for immigrants. British people got jobs before others, and immigration threatened the survival of the natives.
However, with the government of Mackenzie King’s decision to undergo these interments between 1941 and 1949, it is exceptionally clear that this reputation had been shattered, especially with his decision to deport many citizens to occupied Japan starting in 1946. Rao also notes, “The novel in fact problematizes the discourses of ‘official multiculturalism’ which sanctioned Canada as a 'cultural mosaic,' and underscores how in actual fact such policy glossed over the centrality of race in multicultural Canada. Multiculturalism simply ignored ethnicity and it was used to strengthen the dominance of Canada's two major cultures.” (Rao 2004) Basically, Canada’s multicultural society
have no guarantees in Canada” is about migrants from Haiti, Colombia, India, Mexico and Turkey. These migrants either were in the U.S. and fled to Canada or are in the U.S. and trying to flee to Canada. The migrants are fleeing to Canada because they are scared that the U.S. will deport them. In Canada they are finding them a place to live and letting their kids go to school but, there are so many coming in that Canada’s immigration system had to make a domed stadium into a makeshift shelter. Now there is a chance that some of those migrants might be deported in 6 months to a year.
In the article “Canada’s Immigration System Is No Kinder than America’s”, Adnan Khan speaks to the refocusing of Canada’s immigration system on short-term economic needs, rather than investing in high-skilled workers or ethical immigration policy. Khan documents ethical changes in immigration pathways such as Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program, Refugee programs, and family reunification efforts which indicate the changing discourse around migrants from developing countries, Canada’s obligation to protect these migrants, and the sharing of resources and nationhood. This essay will critically analyze the examples and arguments presented in “Canada’s Immigration System Is No Kinder Than America’s” in order explore concepts of “worthiness”,
On January 30th 1933 in Germany, one of the biggest events in Canadian history began. This event has been taught, debated, and talked about greatly over the last 87 years. The holocaust. This event changed the course of Canadian history; it served as a reminder of the dangers of prejudice and hatred. And the importance of promoting diversity.
A particularly important factor in the plight of Jewish refugees was the widespread presence of Anti-Semitism in Canada4 .Thus , even when Jews would have had the means to support themselves in Canada, they were often refused entry.5. After Kristallnacht the Canadian Jewish Congress sponsored 10,000 Jews but the Canadian government turned them down. The Jews became very unpopular in Canada there was a lot of Anti-Semitism. The Jewish community in Canada had no power or say in what the government did or couldn’t do.
In the 20th century it was apparent that huge changes occurred in the world. In Canada, there were many ups and downs that contributed to how the present was shaped. Both of the world wars were terrible, but fate had brought these battles to diminish the economically poor times. After the second World War, Canada’s identity was shaping into the one we see today. The war changed Canada in various aspects, such as how Canada was part of a cause to support other countries in need of help, how the economy was advancing, and Canada’s part in peacekeeping missions across the world.
The Liberal party also accepts huge amounts of refugees which stimulate the anger of many Canadians. The Canadian economy is at its recession now, many local people are still struggling while the government announces that they are going to spend a huge amount of money in improving lives for foreign people. The money could have been used to help ourselves to boost our economy but the government does not seem to be concerned about our own
Some say that Canada is safe and free. Although it may be true today, Canada was not always the nice and peaceful place it is now. Canada’s history demonstrates that the country grew and got stronger. Unfortunately, history also shows that Canada gets violent with other countries and even itself. Canada’s identity in relation to war and peace worsened since 1914.
To begin with, intitionally being apart of the British Empire, Canada had spectific view on appropite immigrates. Since the early times, discrimiation has greatly affected the immigration policy. Due to factors like various cultural beliefs and religious differences, series of notorious refusals decisions were made; which lead to damaging concequences for those immigrant 's. In particular, the refusal of the ship the St.Louis carrying 930 Jewish refugees in 1939; ultimately sentencing three-quarter of its passengers to death under the Nazi regime. The Chinese head tax was targeted toward the immigrants from 1872; impacting the cause of prohibition of all Chinese immigrants in 1923. In relation to equal rights for each indiviual, Trudeau believed that discrimination and racism should not be allowed when accepting one as an immigrate.
Canada is now known to be a diverse, multicultural, bilingual and inclusive nation largely as a result of his work. Pierre Elliott Trudeau also believed in an equal Canada for all, he is primarily the one to introduce rights and freedoms to the citizens of Canada. While some view Pierre Trudeau as impulsive, for enforcing the War Measures Act, Trudeau enacted this for the protection of Canadian citizens against radical extremist and his actions were more rational than impulsive for the situation that had suddenly occurred. Pierre Trudeau was one of Canada’s greatest Prime Minister’s, who’s impact fundamentally changed the course of the nation by introducing multiculturalism, for introducing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and for paradoxically upholding democracy by strong action during the October Crisis.
The Charter further ensures a democratic society as it guarantees the fundamental rights such as voting rights, mobility rights and equality rights, which contain the protection against discrimination (Margaret, web). The laws successfully develop to balance the rights of the new immigrants and the interests of the Canadian society. On 2001, November 1st, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act was announced as a symbol of forming the Canadian multicultural society. It mainly improved the laws towards refugee determination, family reunification and gained the control over the country borders(Dwight L. Gibson eta·85). As the globalization has become the main stream of the world, Canada has advantages to move towards this goal as an immigration
Today, Canada is seen as a multicultural and peaceful nation that has evolved over the course of history. This great nation would never have been possible without the impact that former Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson left on this country. His achievements and insights profoundly affected and shaped Canada’s nation. First, peacekeeping is an important part of Canada’s heritage and a reflection of its fundamental beliefs that Pearson implemented after dealing with world changing situations and winning a Nobel Prize. Also, his contributions as a liberal leader as well as the flaws and controversy with Diefenbaker did in fact define this country.
Canada has been letting in refugees from all over the world, especially the refugees from Syria. Tons of these refugees are easily accepted and are not looked at properly. A refugee is someone who have fled their country due to prosecution, war or violence . Refugees in countries that are at war might not have any documents due to the fact that they probably escaped and didn’t have any time to gather their documents. Tons of these people have lost everything that were close to them including family and friends, homes etc.