Canada-Quebec Immigration Agreements (1971–1991) and Their Impact on Federalism

Kostov, Chris

doi:10.1080/02722010809481822

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“…First, since the 1960s, the government of Quebec has followed its own process of national identity construction in competition, and sometimes in conflict, with the federal government's nation-building project (Banting 2005). For instance, since 1991, Quebec has acquired powers over the selection, recruitment, reception, and settlement of new immigrants through the Canada-Quebec Accord -powers extending beyond those of any other province (Kostov 2008). This "competitive nation-building" between Quebec and federal governments is also evident in political conflicts related to ethnocultural diversity (Barker 2010).…”

Section: Empirical Expectationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes toward Ethnocultural Diversity in Multilevel Political Communities: Comparing the Effect of National and Subnational Attachments in Canada

Bilodeau¹,

Gagnon²,

White

et al. 2020

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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It is well documented that the strength of national attachment relates to attitudes toward ethnocultural diversity, and that the direction of the relationship varies across national contexts. Yet, little attention has been given to the fact that attachments may not be expressed solely at the national level. In federal and multinational states, individuals can express attachment to the country and to its territorial units. This study investigates the relationship between (national and provincial) attachments and attitudes toward ethnocultural diversity in the Canadian federation. Our findings indicate that stronger attachments to Canada lead to more positive attitudes toward ethnocultural diversity in all provinces. They also demonstrate that provincial attachments relate to attitudes toward ethnocultural diversity both in a minority nation provincial context (Quebec) and in other provinces (Alberta and Saskatchewan), but that the direction of this relationship can be of opposite direction than that for attachment to Canada.

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Section: Empirical Expectationsmentioning

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Attitudes toward Ethnocultural Diversity in Multilevel Political Communities: Comparing the Effect of National and Subnational Attachments in Canada

Bilodeau¹,

Gagnon²,

White

et al. 2020

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

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“…The Cullen-Couture agreement was followed and replaced by the McDougall/Gagnon Tremblay agreement in 1991, which is still in force. 65 The agreement strengthens the power of the francophone Province to select economic immigrants destined to Québec granting the Province the sole responsibility for that. With regard to refugees' resettlement, the 1991 agreement does not alter the previous scheme.…”

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Resettlement, Populism and the Multiple Dimensions of Solidarity: Lessons from US and Canada

Strazzari

2020

Eur. J. Migr. Law

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Resettlement is the selection and transfer of refugees from a State in which they have sought protection to a third State which has agreed, voluntarily, to admit them. Since resettlement is subject to State planning and control, it is usually immune from current populist narratives that depicts immigration as contrary to national interests. By looking at the experience of both US and Canada, the paper argues that this is not always the case.Resettlement involves not only an international dimension of solidarity, but also an intra-national one which, in turn, is both vertical and horizontal. The former refers to the role of the subnational units with regard to the selection and the distribution of refugees crossover the country, while the latter relates to the involvement of civil society in some elements of their identification or reception. A lack of coordination among these multiple dimensions of solidarity may result in local resistances that in the long run can influence the enforcement of national resettlement policy.

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“…Most accounts of immigration and federalism in Canada identify Quebec's mobilization—spurred by nationalism—as a source of asymmetry in Canada's immigration (see Banting, 2012; Black and Hagen, 1994; Kostov, 2008). Indeed, the signing of the 1991 Canada-Quebec immigration agreement, as a response to the failure of the Meech Lake proposed agreement (interviews 1 and 2; Garcea, 1991), represents a first trigger that put in motion the federalization process.…”

Section: Provinces As Triggering Agents: Quebec's 1991 Immigration Agmentioning

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The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada

Paquet¹

2014

Can J Pol Sci

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Between 1990 and 2010, a gradual process of institutional change has affected Canada's immigration and integration governance regime. The central characteristic of this process is the emergence of a new legitimate institutional group of actors: Canadian provinces. This change corresponds to a federalization of Canada's immigration and integration governance regime. It is a break from the previous pattern of federal dominance and provincial avoidance. It is not the result of diminished federal intervention in immigration and cannot be explained by exogenous shocks. Current explanations of this evolution focus on federal decisions and have trouble explaining provincial mobilization. Using a mechanistic approach to the analysis of social processes and insights on gradual institutional changes, this article demonstrates that provinces have been the central agents bringing about the federalization of Canada's immigration and integration governance regime between 1990 and 2010. Via a mechanism of province building centred on immigration, provinces have triggered and maintained in movement a decentralizing mechanism. The interactions of these two mechanisms, over time, gave rise to the federalization of immigration and integration in Canada.

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Canada-Quebec Immigration Agreements (1971–1991) and Their Impact on Federalism

Cited by 19 publications

References 2 publications

Attitudes toward Ethnocultural Diversity in Multilevel Political Communities: Comparing the Effect of National and Subnational Attachments in Canada

Attitudes toward Ethnocultural Diversity in Multilevel Political Communities: Comparing the Effect of National and Subnational Attachments in Canada

Resettlement, Populism and the Multiple Dimensions of Solidarity: Lessons from US and Canada

The Federalization of Immigration and Integration in Canada

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