Immigration Policy: Language Skills

Immigration Policy Dept: Today, the country no longer discriminates based on the colour of an applicant s skin or religion, according to The Star. The government rejects certain occupations, requires certain language skills, and makes immigration officers available in only certain parts of the world and canada has a less than stellar record historically when it comes to immigration policy, having rejected or excluded Indians, Chinese, Jews and Blacks during various periods over the past century. But simply having an immigration policy discriminates or excludes certain people in one form or another, says Harold Troper, an immigration historian at the University of Toronto and co-author of None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.