AFST 302 Quiz 1 - Immigration Policy Questions - PDF

More questions for AFST 302\_Quiz 1 1. In discussing immigration practice and policy in Week 4, we noted that political economists argue that there are several reasons why employers are attracted to immigrants. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons? a. Immigrants are w...

More questions for AFST 302\_Quiz 1 1. In discussing immigration practice and policy in Week 4, we noted that political economists argue that there are several reasons why employers are attracted to immigrants. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons? a. Immigrants are willing to take jobs that native-born workers avoid, because the jobs are poorly paid, difficult, or dangerous. b. Immigrants make more use of the employment insurance system than native-born workers, thus decreasing the amount of money that employers have to pay into the employment insurance system. c. Immigration is used by employers to disorganize the working class. d. Immigration of educated, trained, and skilled workers reduces the cost of producing/training such workers within Canada. 2. According to your textbook, factors other than labour markets influence immigration to Canada. Which of the following is NOT one of those factors? e. Immigrants bring more to Canada than their working skills. They are part of Canada's wider nation-building project, and are key to the social reproduction of Canadian society. f. Many of Canada's immigrants are refugees, reflecting Canada's (recent) history of humanitarianism. g. Canada needs new immigrants for demographic considerations, due to declining birth rates and population aging. h. Increasing tax burdens and worker shortages are mitigated by immigrants. i. Despite evidence that immigrants to Canada under the family class program use significant amounts of government financial resources, especially welfare monies, immigrant families are needed to increase Canadian birth rates. 3. Which of the following statements regarding Canada's immigration policy is true? j. Canada adheres to the "safe third country" principle, which prevents individuals from making a refugee claim in Canada if they have already found a safe haven in another country. k. Canada adheres to the "freedom fighters" principle, which prevents individuals from making a refugee claim based on allegations of torture, risk to life, or risk of cruel and unusual treatment. l. Canada adheres to the "neo-liberalist" principle, which prevents individuals from making an economic immigrant claim based on fictionalized records of education and wealth. m. Canada adheres to the "charitable organization" principle, which prevents individuals from making false claims for immigrant status based on alleged affiliations with religious and/or missionary groups. n. Canada adheres to the "founding fathers" principle, which prevents individuals from making claims of paternity to Canadian citizens to gain entry to Canada. 4. Several groups of people (streams) are considered to be non-status immigrants, all of whom are in significantly different circumstances. Which of the following is NOT one of the streams? o. People who enter the country legally with a visa, but who remain in the country after the visa's expiry date. p. People whose refugee claims were denied, but who have not left Canada or have not been deported. q. People who enter Canada as visitors, but whose home country passports expire before their legitimate time period in Canada ends. 5. Permanent residents in Canada are generally categorized as belonging to one of these categories EXCEPT r. Economic immigrants s. Refugees t. Family class immigrants u. Visitors to Canada 6. *Birth tourism* or the use of *anchor babies* refers to a\) Canadian women tourists who give birth in a country other than Canada b\) non-Canadian women entering Canada while pregnant as tourists and then giving birth in order to obtain Canadian citizenship for their babies c\) Women from the global North who go to countries in the global South to find women to carry their fertilized eggs d\) Canadian women who go to the global South to find egg donors 7. The "safe third country" principle was created to encourage refugees to seek asylum in more than one country at a time. v. True w. False 8. Immigration to Canada is important in mitigating the declining birth rates among the Canadian-born. x. True y. False 9. Which of the following statements about temporary workers is true? z. One of the single largest categories for temporary foreign workers is the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. a. A significant number of foreign labourers are employed as agricultural labourers in Ontario, where they are now protected by provincial labour standards legislation after complaints of abuse by employers. b. Migrant foreign labourers tend not to be particularly compliant workers, and they frequently resist employers' attempts to decrease their wages and benefits. c. Temporary workers tend to come from countries with low levels of unemployment, high levels of education, and wealthy economic conditions. d. People who enter Canada as temporary workers, regardless of skill level, are permitted to apply for permanent residence. 10. In discussing immigration practice and policy in Week 4, we mentioned some of criticisms of the business class immigration programs. Which of the following is NOT one of the concerns? e. There is a concern that many business class applicants from Mexico and the Czech Republic are members of international criminal and terrorist organizations. f. There is a concern business immigrant programs have helped to create a "race relations" problem in places like Vancouver. g. There is a concern "transnational" business immigrants maintain political loyalty to their country of origin. 11. Which of the following statements regarding Canada's immigration policy is true? h. Canada adheres to the "safe third country" principle, which prevents individuals from making a refugee claim in Canada if they have already found a safe haven in another country. i. Canada adheres to the "freedom fighters" principle, which prevents individuals from making a refugee claim based on allegations of torture, risk to life, or risk of cruel and unusual treatment. j. Canada adheres to the "neo-liberalist" principle, which prevents individuals from making an economic immigrant claim based on fictionalized records of education and wealth. k. Canada adheres to the "charitable organization" principle, which prevents individuals from making false claims for immigrant status based on alleged affiliations with religious and/or missionary groups. l. Canada adheres to the "founding fathers" principle, which prevents individuals from making claims of paternity to Canadian citizens to gain entry to Canada. 12. In discussing some of the perspectives that explain international migration some "push" factors that lead to groups leaving their countries of origin ,to relocate to countries such as Canada, include poverty, inequality, and blocked opportunity for mobility, among others. m. True n. False 13. From the perspective of political economy, immigration is a tool that immigrant-receiving countries utilize to accumulate capital o. True p. False