Venue Shopping and Legitimacy: Making Sense of Harper's Immigration Record

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireille Paquet ◽  
Lindsay Larios
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Conservative Party ◽  
The State ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Party Leadership ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Canadian Immigration ◽  
Venue Shopping

AbstractCanadian immigration policies went through numerous changes under the Conservative party leadership of Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2015. This article provides an empirical account of immigration policy change during this era and suggests that of state-centred venue shopping can effectively account for the Harper's immigration record. In particular, it documents the ways in which immigration policies have expanded into international and regional venues, opened new venues to non-state actors, further decentralized into subnational venues and reinvested into traditional administrative and executive venues for policy making. The analysis suggests that the redeployment of the state into new and expanding venues aims to demonstrate state capacity and legitimacy as a nodal actor in immigration policy.

scholarly journals Discounting Immigrant Families: Neoliberalism and the Framing of Canadian Immigration Policy Change: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Root ◽  
Erika Gates-Gasse ◽  
John Shields ◽  
Harald Bauder
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Real Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Canadian Immigration

Abstract This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework to assist in understanding how the immigrant family is impacted by recent changes to immigration policy in Canada. We contend that neoliberalism, broadly defined, is a helpful lens through which to comprehend some of the specific policies as well as discursive outcomes which have real effects on immigrant families. Based on our findings from an in-depth literature review, our goal is to identify and summarize the recent changes to the Canadian policy environment and to develop a critical conceptual framework through which to understand policy change in relation to families and immigrants. Key Words: families, neoliberalism, policy change, social policy, multiculturalism, gender, race, neoconservatism Acknowledgements The research for this paper was supported by a Partnership Development Grant titled “Integration Trajectories of Immigrant Families” by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

scholarly journals Decolonizing immigration: addressing missing indigenous perspectives in Canadian immigration policies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Dmytriw
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Refugee Protection ◽  
Canadian Immigration ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Despite the fact that their presence in the country has long pre-dated immigration, Indigenous people’s views on immigration policy and the impact immigration continues to have on them is rarely discussed in modern day Canada. In this Major Research Paper, I investigate whether or not Canadian immigration policies of the past and present may be written and enacted in ways that contribute to the marginalization of the country’s Indigenous population. By conducting a literature review of works that examine and critique immigration policies and practises as well as by performing a critical discourse analysis on the Immigration Act of 1910 and the 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act considering critiques of settler colonialism and perspectives on decolonization, I explore the ways that inequality may be reproduced in an institutional level through immigration policy.

scholarly journals Canada’s Post 9/11 Security Environment: The State Of Immigration Policy And Border Management In Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Brugger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
National Security ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The Reformation

In the post 9/11 era the governments of Canada and the United States are faced with the challenge of enhancing national security while maintaining the flow of goods, services, and people. In addressing this matter, Canada has confronted some difficulty in the reformation of its security and immigration policies in attempting to strike a balance between meeting the demands of the United States, while also taking domestic considerations into account such as respect for human rights. Given the high levels of immigration seen in Canada, many believe that Canada is leaving itself open to cross border activities that pose threats to national security. As a result, it is questionable whether Canada’s border management initiatives are properly equipped to combat threats to national security considering the effects high levels of immigration can have on border management efforts.

scholarly journals How the discourse of albeism functions in Canadian immigration policy: undoing discrimination against persons with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Blower
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Canadian Immigration Policy ◽  
Excessive Demand ◽  
Canadian Immigration ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
The Many ◽  
Modes Of Thought

This paper makes a strong case arguing that Canadian immigration policy discriminates against persons with disabilities and their families due to Ableist modes of thought. Ableism is a discourse that can be understood as humans’ capacity to be productive (El-Lahib, 2015). Immigration policies, such as the excessive demand clause, can forbid persons with disabilities to enter Canada since they may rely on health care or social services. The excessive demand clause does, however, make exceptions to persons and families who can prove they can incur the necessary costs associated with one’s “disability” (Government of Canada, 2016a). Though efforts have been made to make Canadian immigration policy more inclusive, immigration policies still discriminate against persons with disabilities (El-Lahib & Wehbi, 2012; Hanes, 2009). This paper emphasizes how the discourse of ableism hides from view the many ways persons with disabilities contribute to the economy and act as valued members of society. Keywords: Ableism; Disability; Canada; Immigration Policy; Neoliberalism

scholarly journals Canada’s Post 9/11 Security Environment: The State Of Immigration Policy And Border Management In Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Brugger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
National Security ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The Reformation

In the post 9/11 era the governments of Canada and the United States are faced with the challenge of enhancing national security while maintaining the flow of goods, services, and people. In addressing this matter, Canada has confronted some difficulty in the reformation of its security and immigration policies in attempting to strike a balance between meeting the demands of the United States, while also taking domestic considerations into account such as respect for human rights. Given the high levels of immigration seen in Canada, many believe that Canada is leaving itself open to cross border activities that pose threats to national security. As a result, it is questionable whether Canada’s border management initiatives are properly equipped to combat threats to national security considering the effects high levels of immigration can have on border management efforts.

scholarly journals Decolonizing immigration: addressing missing indigenous perspectives in Canadian immigration policies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Dmytriw
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Refugee Protection ◽  
Canadian Immigration ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
The Impact

Despite the fact that their presence in the country has long pre-dated immigration, Indigenous people’s views on immigration policy and the impact immigration continues to have on them is rarely discussed in modern day Canada. In this Major Research Paper, I investigate whether or not Canadian immigration policies of the past and present may be written and enacted in ways that contribute to the marginalization of the country’s Indigenous population. By conducting a literature review of works that examine and critique immigration policies and practises as well as by performing a critical discourse analysis on the Immigration Act of 1910 and the 2002 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act considering critiques of settler colonialism and perspectives on decolonization, I explore the ways that inequality may be reproduced in an institutional level through immigration policy.

scholarly journals How the discourse of albeism functions in Canadian immigration policy: undoing discrimination against persons with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Blower
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Canadian Immigration Policy ◽  
Excessive Demand ◽  
Canadian Immigration ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
The Many ◽  
Modes Of Thought

This paper makes a strong case arguing that Canadian immigration policy discriminates against persons with disabilities and their families due to Ableist modes of thought. Ableism is a discourse that can be understood as humans’ capacity to be productive (El-Lahib, 2015). Immigration policies, such as the excessive demand clause, can forbid persons with disabilities to enter Canada since they may rely on health care or social services. The excessive demand clause does, however, make exceptions to persons and families who can prove they can incur the necessary costs associated with one’s “disability” (Government of Canada, 2016a). Though efforts have been made to make Canadian immigration policy more inclusive, immigration policies still discriminate against persons with disabilities (El-Lahib & Wehbi, 2012; Hanes, 2009). This paper emphasizes how the discourse of ableism hides from view the many ways persons with disabilities contribute to the economy and act as valued members of society. Keywords: Ableism; Disability; Canada; Immigration Policy; Neoliberalism

scholarly journals Immigration Policy and Identification Across Borders

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Lindauer
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Immigration Literature

According to the traditional state sovereignty view in the ethics of immigration literature, societies have a great deal of latitude in determining and implementing their immigration policies. This view is typically defended by appealing to the rights of members of societies, for instance to political self-determination. Opponents of the view have often criticized its partiality to members, arguing that nonmembers can also make stringent demands on societies to be admitted and given the same treatment in matters of immigration policy as other nonmembers. In this paper, I take a different approach to responding to the state sovereignty view. I argue that even if we grant the premise that the rights of members generally trump the rights of nonmembers in matters of immigration policy, societies are greatly constrained in setting their immigration policies by considerations of domestic justice. The considerations that I focus on involve relationships between members and nonmembers that hold due to a shared quality or set of qualities on the basis of which members identify with nonmembers. The argument appeals to premises and principles that defenders of the state sovereignty view are committed to but concludes that this view cannot serve as a satisfactory framework for the normative assessment of immigration policies. 

scholarly journals Discounting Immigrant Families: Neoliberalism and the Framing of Canadian Immigration Policy Change: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Root ◽  
Erika Gates-Gasse ◽  
John Shields ◽  
Harald Bauder
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Real Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Canadian Immigration

Abstract This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework to assist in understanding how the immigrant family is impacted by recent changes to immigration policy in Canada. We contend that neoliberalism, broadly defined, is a helpful lens through which to comprehend some of the specific policies as well as discursive outcomes which have real effects on immigrant families. Based on our findings from an in-depth literature review, our goal is to identify and summarize the recent changes to the Canadian policy environment and to develop a critical conceptual framework through which to understand policy change in relation to families and immigrants. Key Words: families, neoliberalism, policy change, social policy, multiculturalism, gender, race, neoconservatism Acknowledgements The research for this paper was supported by a Partnership Development Grant titled “Integration Trajectories of Immigrant Families” by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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