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13 Cards in this Set
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Refugee
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People who are escaping persecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment.
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Family Class
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Spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of people living in Canada.
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Economic Immigrants
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Skilled workers and businesspeople
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Demographic
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To do with the characteristics of population
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Categories of immigrants
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Refugee, Family, Economic and others
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Objectives for Immigration
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-Pursue social, cultural and economic benefits for all Canadians.
-Respect the bilingual and multicultural character of Canada. -Support the development of minority official language communities in Canada |
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Objectives for Refugees
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-Save lives and offer protection to people who are displaced and persecuted
-Fulfill and affirm Canada's international commitments to protect refugees. -Grant fair consideration to people who claim to be persecuted, as an expression of Canada's humanitarian ideals |
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What about the people that live in Canada?
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Immigration policy needs to take into account the security, health and quality of life of people who already live in Canada.
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Getting accepted into Canada
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-The point system is to see if you can qualify to immigrate to Canada
-Refugees do not have to qualify from the point system to gain entry to Canada -Same with Family class immigrants -Health issues may hinder your chances to gain entry to Canada -Having a dangerous disease -Having a dangerous mental disorder -Having something that would make you have excessive demands (AIDS) |
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Canada Quebec Accord
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Makes it so most french speaking immigrants find their way to Quebec and have all children attend a french speaking school
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Provincial Nomination Program
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Provinces state what sort of immigrants they want based off of things like lack of a certain type of employment
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Immigration and first nation issues
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Lack of public services like education and health care to go around.
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What did the Singh decision violate?
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Everyone has a right to liberty of the person
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