ENTRY INTO CANADA.

Otago Witness, Issue 4006, 23 December 1930, Page 33

ENTRY INTO CANADA.

IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS. DIFFICULTIES OF NEW ZEALANDERS. WELLINGTON, December 19. The difficulty experienced by New Zealanders in securing a footing in Canada or in the United States of America is mentioned in a report to the Afinister of Internal Affairs (Mr P. A. de la Perrelle) by New Zealand’s Trade Commissioner in Canada (Air J. W. Collins). “ Since the office has been established in Toronto,” says Air Collins, “ I have been called upon frequently to assist New Zealanders. in regard to difficulties experienced in taking up citizenship both in Canada and in the United States. The immigration authorities of both countries are very strict in regard to admission this year, and no one in quest of work is encouraged in Canada or allowed to enter the United States. Alost of the cases have been dealt with quite promptly and satisfactorily so far as Ontario is concerned, but I know that considerable difficulty has been experienced in British Columbia, where quite a number of our nationals have had to return to New Zealand even _after appealing to the Ottawa authorities The press of Canada is full of reports protesting against certain deportations, the immigration authorities having gone so far as to send back to Great Britain people who have been resident in Canada for over 20 years. The number of unemployed in the United States, estimated at between 4,000,000 and 6.000,000. should be sufficient in itself to discourage immigration. Similar conditions, but not to the same extent, exist in Canada. There are ample men available to meet all demands, and during this period of depression it has been found very difficult indeed to place many New Zealanders who are stranded. Preference is being given for any jobs offered to natives of Canada, and although urgent action has been taken in the allocation of £4,000,000 to aid unemployment, this winter it is felt that there will not be enough work available for all applicants. No proper register is kept of the number of unemployed either by the State or civic authorities, but the Federal Afinister of Labour recently estimated from reports received from State officials that there were over 200,000 men out of work.”