Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Ideas, Interests, Institutions, and Issues Shaping Canadian Immigration Policy
2. From Wilderness to Nationhood, 1497-1867: 'The Land God Gave to Cain'
3. Immigration and the Consolidation of the Dominion, 1867-1896: Fulfilling the Destiny
4. Industrialization, Immigration, and the Foundation of Twentieth-Century Immigration Policy, 1896-1914
5. The War and the Recovery, 1914-1929: The Dominance of Economic Interests
6. The Depression Years, 1930-1937: Exclusion and Expulsion
7. The Recovery and the Second World War, 1938-1945: Closure and Internment
8. The Postwar Boom, 1946-1962: Reopening the Door Selectively
9. Immigration Policy, 1963-1976: Democracy and Due Process
10. Regulating the Refugee Influx, 1977-1994: The Fraying of the Consensus
11. Retrenchment, 1995-2008: A Return to Executive Discretion
12. Conclusion: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions

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About the Author

Ninette Kelley works for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Michael J. Trebilcock is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

'[This book] is a "keeper" for me because it's a thorough account of Canada's immigration policies ... Any reader interested in immigration to Canada now has a one-stop source for its history.'
*Douglas Fisher, Toronto Sun*

'Its account of the development of Canadian immigration law integrates the who's, what's and when's of policy formation in a manner more comprehensive than that of any other single volume on the subject.'
*Canadian Journal of Political Science*

'[A] masterful and meticulously documented new study.'
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