IMMIGRANTS WELCOMED
CANADA’S TWO-POINT POLICY OTTAWA, May 2. Canada’s present immigration policy necessarily fell into two parts —measures designed fot immediate application, - and a long-term plan, .said the Prime Minister, Mr Mackenzie King, in the House of Commons. Mr King agreed that Canada needed a larger population if she were to thrive, and retain her hold on a half continent, but he indicated that transport difficulties prevented the application of a general immigration policy for some time. Emphasis, meanwhile, should be laid on refugees. The Prime Minister disclosed that immigration officers were being sent to Europe to examine the situation among refugee groups, and arrange for the early admittance of soveral thousand displaced persons. The Canadian Government did not intend to reshape its immigration policy to permit any large influx from the Orient, and will also honour its war-time promise to prohibit further immigration of Japanese.
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Evening Star, Issue 26091, 3 May 1947, Page 7
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146IMMIGRANTS WELCOMED Evening Star, Issue 26091, 3 May 1947, Page 7
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