Thread:IceTiger184/@comment-32167936-20171012024449/@comment-35462075-20180501151409

'''     Canada’s current laws and policies respond to immigration well although that has not always been the case. While in the past our laws where the product of ethnocentric beliefs and ideals in the present they help people from all walks of life enter canada. Ad prefect example of this is the singh decision. The singh decision was the result of a series of events that culminated in a refugee being sent back to his home country because of the time it would take for him to receive a hearing to decide if he really was an refugee or not. This sparked the discussion of whether it was justified to send back those claim to be a refugee without a hearing. After going through court it was found that forcing him out of Canada violated his rights to mobility and by not giving him a hearing they violated his legal rights. However past examples of how Canada's immigration laws have worked out paint a darker picture. Two such examples are the Komagata Maru and the chinese head tax. These things for lack of a better term came about because of canada's immigration policy. Before it was changed Canada’s immigration laws were made with the intent to bring in those native to britain or failing that people from europe and other british colonies and territories. Because of that fact they could not directly cut off immigration from India. However the canadian government did not want Indians to enter canada and made a law stating that you could only immigrate to canada from India by boat if you made no stops on the voyage to Canada. This was almost impossible to pull off in the 1910’s when the law was put in place highly limiting immigration from India. The Komagata Maru did stop on the voyage and as such was forced to turn around when they came to Canada. This shows that canada’s immigration laws were highly unfair in the past. It also serves to show how far we have come in regards to immigration. Another such tale comes in the from of the chinese head tax. The head tax was an amount if money a chinese man must pay a 5 to 50$’s to enter Canada. Upon entering the country the chinese were then told to work on the railroad in order to gain more money to get more of their family to canada. However the canadian government never intended for that to happen as it didn’t want the chinese immigrants. They were simply being used as an cheap way to complete the trans canada railway. Thankfully the countries immigration laws have since been updated. An example of this would be when we changed how refugees work. Where as before Canada only let in refugees in based on specific events and disasters refugees are now an immigration class allowing canada to consistently respond to disasters as needed. And most importantly our immigration laws have been modernized. All this clearly shows that Canada’s current immigration laws and policies respond to immigration well                                                           '''

'''This pictures displays a picture of canada as a sweater made of flags for other countries. This cartoon most likely represent the canadian multiculturalism act of 1988. This act made multiculturalism a goal for the government. Multiculturalism refers to the idea that it is desirable to have more than one culture in a country. Canada is no stranger to multiculturalism seeing as Quebec holds a unique french culture that is protected and upholded by the government. The canadian multiculturalism act main goal is to allow all of those who could and would benefit Canada into Canada while allowing them to keep their culture upon entering the country of Canada. This is accomplished by the uses of the point test for economic migrants and screening and proving hearings for refugees. Another important part of the law is its goal of reuniting families. It was worthing noting that canada is the first country to pass a national multiculturalism law. This shows that canada is a county that allows immigrants in at a staggering rates. Indeed we require immigrants to retain a net population growth. All this shows that canada’s current immigration laws and policies respond to immigration well. '''

'''The next two sources tell the story of the changes in Canada’s immigration laws. One depicts a boat, known as the Komagata Maru, full of indian men clearly angry about something, mostly likely the fact that they would not allowed into the country of Canada. The next source depicts a stick figure stating the four classes of immigrant in Canada. These classes are economic, family, refugee, and other. These images mostly show how the immigration laws of Canada has changed. The Komagata Maru incident was caused chiefly because Canada was opposed to the idea of multiculturalism. And because it only wanted people for one culture namely british and as such rejected all others from entering the country. It was only when they couldn’t get enough of the british that they started letting in people from other european  countries. Because they only wanted a specific culture they simply rejected those who tried to come from other places such as asia or africa. However after the canadian multiculturalism act changed. The new law allowed people from all of the countries to enter Canada as well as setting up an point system to sort through those who are allowed entry and citizenship to canada. This all highlights that currently Canada's immigration laws have become modernized and now are highly adept at dealing with the immigrants that Canada receives. '''

'''I believe that Canada’s laws and policies respond to immigration. While this may have not been strictly true in years long past what happened then has no bearing on how things are done now. With things such as the point test, the multicultural laws and the allowing of people from all countries it is clear that Canada is highly competent when it comes to accepting migrants and is fully aware that in order for immigration to work both the migrants and the country of Canada reap the benefits. With things such as the Canadian multiculturalism act of 1988 protecting those who enter canada. All in all it is clear that Canada’s current laws respond well to immigration. '''