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  • Mary Heidebrecht
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  • Salvatore Farago
    Salvatore Farago …
  • Giuseppe Mattera
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  • Immigration Act, 1952
    In 1952, the government of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent passed the first new immigration act since 1910. The Immigration Act of 1952 was not a significant departure from prior legislation as it largely codified existing practices and established a legislative framework from which the government …
  • Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962
    In 1962, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Ellen Fairclough introduced new immigration regulations that eliminated overt racial discrimination from Canadian immigration policy. Skill became the main criteria for determining admissibility rather than race or national origin. When the …
  • White Paper on Immigration, 1966
    The White Paper on Immigration was a policy document commissioned by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson to review immigration legislation and make recommendations on its restructuring. A major review of policy was deemed necessary in response to the changing Canadian …
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