The Pros And Cons Of Immigrants In Canada

In the discussion of immigrants living in America, one controversial issue has been whether immigrants living in America have equal opportunities as American citizen do. On the one hand, some people believe that the federal government should be of more assistance to these newcomers by improving there aid programs such as Social Security and Medical. On the other hand, some say that immigrants should not have the same opportunities as others do because they come from another country and they were not born in America. Both undocumented immigrants and those with documents struggle when they come to the United States; because they have low education levels, (health concern) hardly get help from any federal programs, are affected by the fact they

Refugees have been the spotlight in many countries in the past few years. In Canada, refugees where mainly sourced from Syria, Eritrea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Congo (Puzic 5). The difference between refugees and immigrants is “refugees are people who have fled their countries because of a well-founded fear of persecution. They are not able to return home” (Government of Canada 1), but immigrants are people who chose to leave their country and settle in another for their own reasons. A lot of people do hate the fact that refugees have been the main focus recently, and how “they have been treated better” than our own people, but that does not beat the fact that there are many advantages that come from the refugees. Refugees bring the advantages of increasing the country’s population, boosting the country’s economy, and increasing the country’s diversity.

Outside the sirens are singing and someone’s parents are taken away from their family because they are not a citizen, they didn’t do anything wrong they just weren’t citizens in the country. Not every immigrant is the same, everyone is different and they all have different opinions. Immigrants are helping out their family like every other family would and they aren’t just the only people who do wrong choices so do others. Some American’s can’t accept them in their country and say immigrants are taking their jobs. Imagine having children born in the country with foreign parents and they have to be deported with their kids waiting to be adopted by “parents with better lives.” Immigrants are like everyone else, they risk themselves but they don’t

Other countries such as the United States of America has welcomed refugees with open arms, with this they had an outbreak of refugee industries. They had employed 3000 workers, however, Canada was not welcoming to refugees especially the Jews, because they thought they had nothing to offer which was not true because many refugees brought work and new customers. In an editorial, The Globe and Mail, June 19, 1939, it states,

Imagine this. You’re rapidly fleeing your home country, sprinting as your life depended on it, which it did. The memories of the terrible war, still pounding in your head. The piercing roar of the gunshots. The gruesome red blood, glistening in the sunlight. You need to go, go to a free country, a land where everything is safe and sound, and not demolished like your home. You need to go, you need to leave Syria.

Immigration is of great economic and social benefit to Canada. It’s an important role in developing our economy, and it shapes the nation into a multicultural nation. Immigration is a significant role in building our economy, providing growth in the labor force, making a strong economy, and becoming a multicultural nation.

The study states that the second generation immigrants are an essential part of the Canadian society, however they have not been studied enough. Immigration was resurging and thus it is critical that the impact of the second generation immigrants be studied at length. Many studies have been done regarding the economic impact that second generation immigrants have on Canada, however their educational attainment has been ignored. In general, it can be stated that second generation immigrants fare much better in terms of education attainment than native of Canada, this difference can be partly explained by the second generation’s mother tongue, however there is still a humongous difference that can be clearly seen. By the age of 13, it has been observed that immigrant children are at the same educational level or higher than those that are Canadian natives. This can be explained by immigrant parents’ higher expectations when it comes to their children’s education and their perspective when it comes to education. The data that was collected is from Statistics Canada and it looks at second generation immigrants from ages 25-65, and the data encompassed about 11,983 males. Second generation immigrants have a lower high school drop out rate, than natives and tend to go to post secondary institutions, such as colleges and universities, rather than going straight to work, without a degree. This study shows that the Canadian immigration system has been able to favorably select immigrants whose children fare the same or much better than their native Canadian counterparts. The study concludes that second generation immigrants are able to keep up with the native Canadians, by the age of 13 and tend to do even better than these Canadians. This can be explained by the second generation immigrants’ willingness to work hard in order to succeed

Immigration has grown to become a big aspect in today’s society in Canada. Most cities have welcomed immigration, although mainly portrayed in bigger cities. Immigration in Canada has come with its share of pros as well as its share of cons. The pros with the immigration in Canada starts off with the racial blending of persons in the community, giving future generations a more positive outlook towards equality for all races because they grow up in a world that, for them, hasn’t seen racial and cultural inequality. In my opinion, in a world where children aren’t aware of the cultural and racial inequalities that had been put forth in the generations before them is an enormous strength to immigration for the fact that every person has a right to life and liberty and to have those ideas implanted in the generations to come is detrimental to a working society. Cons found in immigration in Canada fall in employment. The more people immigrate to Canada, the more jobs are being filled leaving others without any. The Immigration Refugee Board is able to offer a wide

Their new arrival helped defend and build their country’s way of life ("The government of Canada," n.d.) Immigration has been a major influence on the development of their society and plays a huge role in their economy. Their economy job market is broken into three different categories which include service, natural resources and manufacturing.

Education Recent years, immigration policies have changed becoming more selective allowing entry to those who meet the skill and educational credentials. The restrictive policies have created a population of recent immigrants that are highly skilled and educated. A large proportion, approximately one-half of the working-age immigrants have a university-level qualification. From 1991 to present day, the growth in the number of immigrants with at least a bachelor’s degree was comparable to the rise in the level of education among native-born Canadian. Despite the educational advantage among them, earning gap between immigrants and Canadian born persist in today’s society.

In the article, “The Philosophical Differences on Immigration Between Canada and the U.S.,” Alexia Campbell explains, “In the United States, where the general population is nine times larger than Canada’s, immigration is a much more polarizing issue, with many perceiving foreigners as a threat to the American workforce,” (Campbell). She expresses the negative facts about what some Americans believe. However, many immigrants worked so hard to get to where they are in America. Immigrants are not trying to take over the economy. They are fighting to be safe, to be happy, and to survive the hardships they’ve faced in their

Immigration affects the size and development of the canadian population. It has a major impact on the social-cultural structure as we can observe through ethnicity, language and a noticeable minority status. We can see through many different aspects how immigrants bring to canada a part of their culture. Multiculturalism is a big part of what makes this province what it

Paragraphs Summaries Immigration is Good for the Canadian Economy Immigration has been a huge part of Canada since Confederation. Immigration has greatly helped the economy and influenced and will continue to influence the demography of Canada. Canada is facing the problem of the retiring baby boomers and the declining population of the soon to be working age. Canada can prepare for this problem by continuing to attract immigrants and continuing their immigration plan.

Beyond their labour and economic contributions, undocumented immigrants contribute to the ethnic and cultural diversity found in North America. With the highest percentage of foreign-born citizens of all G8 countries, Canada is known as a nation of diverse cultures, religions and languages. 2012 saw an influx

“Immigration is critical to job creation and long term economic growth for the middle class. In so manys, Canada is what is today thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of those who chose to build their lives here,’’ (Justin Trudeau). Canada is the second largest country in the world, yet we still have massive unfilled land. Canada has beautiful views and rivers which would attract immigrants to build their lives here. We can easily hold more people, In fact it would be great for us, because it would spur economic growth, but the immigrants might not have a job or might have to work a low end job. Having immigrants move to Canada is great, which has its positives and negatives and that Canada climate is also a very important reason which holds back people from entering.