The effects of mass immigration on Canadian living standards and society

Before joining the University of Western Ontario he worked as a Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security in Ottawa and was a candidate on record for the Canadian Alliance in the riding of London-West in the Canadian federal election of November 2000. [...] In part three, two papers are dedicated to the analysis of the demo- graphic effects of immigration and the relief from the financial troubles of Canada’s social programs that immigration is alleged to bring. [...] The discussion of the effects of international migration in this study is justified by the fact that internal migration is guaranteed constitution- ally and recipient provinces have to deal with the problems as best they can, while the number of foreign immigrants is determined by the federal government. [...] At the same time, the promotion of preferential hiring and the failure to deter the entry or secure the removal of criminals and terrorists result in resentment and tensions between Canadians and groups of immigrants from other countries. [...] The efforts by the citizens of Hérouxville to protect their culture are also indicative of a growing conflict and efforts to resist the undermining of Quebec and Canadian culture and tradition by the growing number of immigrants from very different cultural backgrounds.