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… to find new farm land. Attending an immigration course, Dad learned about opportunities in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. They … would require a six-week journey by boat. They knew of others who had chosen Canada and they recognized Canadians as their liberators during the war so they had a great respect for them. Canada required only a ten-day …
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… could be implemented quickly by the authority of cabinet whereas acts had to pass through various stages of approval in Parliament. By … Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962 …
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… in their area of destination. Individuals receiving 50 points or more out of a possible 100 would be admitted as independent immigrants. While this process of assessment improved the objectivity of admissions … for independent applicants. However, more distant relatives now had to be nominated and undergo evaluation according to five of the …
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… Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962 …
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… Immigration Regulations, Order-in Council PC 1967-1616, 1967 …
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… City’s migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a major impact on the development of the city’s institutions, trade … days, the group claimed that their bedding sheets were changed once, while the blankets were only fumigated once a year to which the … travellers noted that “their present condition certainly bears this out […] such a state of affairs is simply disgusting.” When it came to …
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… into Halifax Harbour. Since I travelled alone with the children, I had to keep them with me all of the time. They would have loved to stay on deck to see how the ship was moored to the quay, but I could not leave them there by themselves while I was dealing with all the luggage. There were hundreds of people …
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… my small belongings, and particularly difficult to leave friends who had not got them yet. Everybody came out to the railway station to say goodbye and to have a last drink …
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… a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and on to us. I had never met my parents till I came to Canada. My father was employed … months after I was born and my father remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen … mother's passing till my brother told me on route aboard the ship and showed me photographs of her. Due to my age at that time it was not a …
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… and relatives, away from the horrors of the war, Mother said it felt good to be home in Kiltane. It really was a magical land, this Ireland, … lived in those hills. If you ever caught one, your every wish would come true.” Kay was reluctant to leave her family and beloved Ireland … Of course I wasn’t the only one. All winter long she would be knitting something for one person or another. Mother was not a reader but she …