Foreword

Abstract

Canada is a peculiar nation. Peopled by immigrants, it is a country, paradoxically, which hates immigration. Every single public opinion survey over the past fifty years indicates that most Canadians – including by the way, most immigrants themselves – do not want any substantial increase in the number of people admitted to this country. This attitude may surprise Canadians, but historically it should not. It is one of our great national myths that Canada has a long history of welcoming refug..