The Case of Canadian Medical Inspection 1900- 1920', Studies in Political Economy, 33 (1990): p. 103. The emphasis in the quotation is mine. Lorna McLean, `"To Become Part of Us": Ethnicity, Race, Literacy and the Canadian Immigration Act of 1919', Canadian Ethnic Studies, 36, no. ...
In 1919, a newImmigration Actwas introduced, providing the federal government with new powers to exclude specific groups from immigrating to Canada. Section 38 of the newActallowed the government to limit or prohibit the entry of undesirable races or nationalities. Under Section 38, the federal g...
The system of points, 1967 The Immigration Act, 1976 The Asian and African immigration in the 1980s and 1990 Law on Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001 The Immigration Act , 1869 The first Immigration Act dealt primarily with the prevention of diseases and their spread in Canada, as ...
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It has emerged in the Aliens Act of 1905, designed principally to keep[4] out European Jews, and the Aliens Restriction Act of 1914 and the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act of 1919, designed to keep out Germans. Reflection on these and other capitulations to and encouragement of real or...
Immigration Act Quotas 1. Introduction The setting of immigration policy restrictiveness has long been a topic at the forefront for both policymakers and the general public. This public interest has recently gained steam recently,2 as many governments such as Canada and Sweden have either recently en...
More than a century ago, on June 6, 1919, the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) was born. Its incorporation consolidated private and public railway systems into one public organization. The intention was for the new rail company to provide stable rail service to all parts of Canada. Ther...
1869:Canada passes its first Immigration Act. Eager to encourage settlement in the West, the government imposes very few limitations. 1885:With construction of a coast-to-coast railway complete, Ottawa imposes a “head tax” to discourage Chinese immigrati...
Ellis Island, a historical site in New York City, opened in 1892 as an immigration station and processed more than 12 million immigrants until it closed in 1954.
Only since 1900 have other overseas areas, especially Canada, attracted substantial number of Norwegians. Still, the United States remains the most popular destination. A rapid population growth in the last century and a slow industrial expansion left many young Norwegians unable to find gainful ...