Immigration Crisis When the first time I came to Canada 7 years ago, I knew that Canada is a multi-culture country. Citizens and immigrants in different races come from variety countries. However, the government is considering cutting down the number of immigration each year. It¡¯s a controvers...

Immigration has played a major part historically in the growth of Canada's population. Between 1901 and 1911 alone, Canada received over 1.5 million immigrants, representing 28 percent of Canada's total population at the time. Recently, however, Canada's immigration policies and pract...

Canada is currently one of the most prominent host of immigrants in the world. In fact, Canada is the leading country that accepts people from all over the globe. There are approximately 250,000 people immigrating to Canada each year which is about 0.8 percent of Canada's total population. ...

Increase Immigration into Canada Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. As we all now we are all gathered here today to debate, argue over a bill concerning an increase in immigration. We may not all be on the same side. But personally I am for increasing immigration and in the fo...

On the subject of putting more or fewer restrictions on migration, I would have to say that putting more restrictions would be necessary. I feel that if we let in people under low circumstances, more and more unemployed people will migrate to Canada. The first thing that I would like to discuss is ...

The Irish first arrived in Canada nearly 400 years ago, and to this day they have almost been fully integrated into our Canadian society. Years ago, they tended to move to large American cities, however they also moved to Canada and spread into the Canadian countryside. They have made a significan...

Immigration to Canada: The MennonitesWhen the Mennonites started to flee Europe it was because of severe persecution from the Catholics and Protestants. The Mennonites religion was seen as bad because it was different from their own. The Mennonites believe that a church is a group of voluntary adu...

Nikki Bumbacco Ms Harrison ENG OAC July 21, 2000 It is a fact that almost all of the people in Canada are immigrants, or come from immigrant descent. If it were not for the millions of people who have fled to Canada in hope of a better life, Canada would never have prospered into what ...

Canada is both a multicultural and multiethnic country where people from diverse parts of the world have chosen to live. With them these immigrants carry their various backgrounds made of many cultures, ethnic origins, values and beliefs. Multiculturalism is a symbol of peaceful integration in and o...

Immigration, the entrance of people into a country for the purpose of settling there, has always played a central role in Canada's history. It was much a feature of ancient times when the ancestors of Canada's native peoples migrated from Asia by land via Beringia or by sea via the Japane...

Ondaatje's novel, In the Skin of a Lion, reflects the situation of immigrants and the political power structure in Canada earlier in the century. The writer argues that those at the top of society's power hierarchy during that period, from both a political and financial standpoint, were disregarding...

Every country has a foreign policy. This is what is officially done by a government in its relations with other countries. Many Canadians believe that a truly independent Canada must develop a foreign policy that reflects Canada's national interests. While others hold the view that Canad...

Many African Americans feel extremely targeted and discriminated against by the white community for none other than the colour of their skin. Cecil Foster, a respected social commentator and educated professor, wrote a short argument expressing his concerns towards the elevation of racism in Canada....

Canadian Literature, when traced from when the first settlers arrived in Canada until today, has changed not only in its literary form but also in its aspirations. As one might expect from an immigrant community, the first literary forms were epistolary in nature, describing conditions an...

The Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept is a separatist party led by Alberta lawyer Doug Christie. The party is devoted to a peaceful secession of the four Western provinces and the two territories from Canada. By means of four referenda held in each respective western province, the We...

The novel is based in Montreal, Canada of the early twentieth century, where teachers believed in strapping and immigrants travelling to Canada to start a new life. Duddy Kravitz, a student of Fletcher Field High in the class of Mr. Macpherson, one of the few teachers who are against strapping. Ma...

Baseball's Development Into America's National Pastime In an era when people worked extremely hard day in and day out, to only make a meager living, people searched for something more. Men would work endlessly long hours and seek anything to release their tension. They would long for a hobb...

Brain Drain and High Taxes: Is there a correlation? Introduction: Campaigners against high taxes use the problem of brain drain as the perfect scapegoat to portray themselves as defenders of national interest. Brain drain is a pejorative description of the tendency for skilled workers to seek...

In this essay, three of Canada's most defining moments will be defined. A compulsary military service, the election of a Prime Minister, and the turning point for Canada in World War I. These three events are considered to be the most defining moments in the past one hundred years of Canada&a...

Canada has been shaped, from its beginning, by strong personalities and people of character. Pierre Elliot Trudeau was certainly one of these people. He was charismatic, flamboyant and he changed the face of politics. The influence of Trudeau's actions still remains eminent today. Trudeau was...

Canada: The Post-industrial Transformation Has Canada become a "post-industrial" Society? In order to answer that question, we must first define just what is a post-industrial society comprised of. For more than two decades sociologists have debated the social and political consequ...

The Manitoba schools issue, the Boer War, the construction of a Canadian navy and the proposed reciprocity treaty with the United States were all issues that provoked emotional debates between French Canadians and English Canadians. French Canadians were fighting to preserve their culture outside Qu...

What makes a good leader? What is a good leader? Its believed that a good leader possesses many key things: style, charisma, respect, money, publicity, popularity, and looks. Trudeau possessed all of this- he wasn\'t a good leader, he was an excellent leader. He was our Prime Minister, and he was Ca...

French Canadians & The Blackstone Valley John J. Barron Ethnicity in Massachusetts Wed. 12:30 The French have a lengthy history on this continent. The French became interested in the "New World" in 1524 when...

Of all countries in the world, Canada has the most of it. It is spread across Canada but seems to centre itself in major metropolitan areas. It helps make each of us, in our own way, different, but at the same time, at home. It is cultural diversity. Canada is considered to be the most diverse count...