The Immigration Experience

Prior to 1962, Canada’s immigration policy was both discriminatory and exclusionary, especially to those who the government and the public viewed as “undesirables.” Acts such as the Chinese Immigration Act (1885), and the Continuous Journey Regulation (1908), were designed to limit non­ European immigration. It wasn’t until the Canadian Multiculturalism Policy,(1971) and the Immigration Act (1976), [that] discriminatory Restrictions [were] lifted. The wave of Vietnamese refugees were the first recipients of Canada’s new open policy.
 
The Immigration Experience

Iman Mahmoud

Grade 11

Hillcrest High School
Ottawa, Ontario

I chose this question because I found it the most interesting and relevant to me, being an immigrant myself.

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