The question should be "What are Canadian values?". Unlike the United States, Canada has not historically defined national goals or distinct identity, but rather a very slow evolution of abstract concepts based on parliamentary democracy and accomodation. Still, some values are "core", such as freedoms of expression, religion and movement. Such values are worth instilling in everyone, particularly on those who may come from totalitarian regimes or who are accustomed to impose their will on others.
Immigrants should adopt Canadian values, says poll
Postmedia News
November 17, 2011
Canadians almost unanimously want new immigrants to adopt Canadian values of gender equality and tolerance of others, a new study suggests.
And the study from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation found that Canadians believe adopting these values should be a condition of being accepted into the country.
New immigrants feel the same way. Almost the exact same percentage of immigrants - 96 per cent - agreed on the need to adopt Canadian values of tolerance.
The foundation says the poll should help the federal government as it looks to redefine Canada's immigration policy.
The study found that new immigrants and native-born Canadians share the same opinions on several key immigration issues.
For example, about half of Canadians and 42 per cent of immigrants surveyed said Canada should accept applicants who qualify for immigration based on education and employability.
In general, Canadians have positive feelings about immigration. By a three-to-one margin, the participants said that immigration is making Canada a better place.
Meanwhile, in a separate study, newly arrived immigrants are reported to be healthier than their Canadian-born counterparts, but can expect their health to decline the longer they stay in Canada.
Statistics Canada researchers said newly arrived immigrants to Canada had lower mortality rates than the Canadian-born, and also reported lower levels of fair or poor health.
Those mortality rates tended to rise the further removed immigrants were from their arrival in Canada, as were the reported levels of fair or poor health.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
POLL: DOES IMMIGRATION HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT?
This is quite a surprising study. I would have expected the positive views in Canada to be higher. I think one of the prole ms with the study is that is lumps all immigrants together, rather than asking respondents about the different categories: their view of , for example skilled immigrants will probably be much more positive than that of refugees who are generally perceived as an economic burden.
39% of Canadians see immigration as positive, poll finds
Education makes a difference in attitudes
Postmedia NewsAugust 5, 2011
Nearly half the respondents to a groundbreaking global poll believe immigration has had a negative impact on their countries, according to results released Thursday by Ipsos.
And while Canadians have a relatively upbeat attitude on immigration, only a minority of Canadians polled - 39 per cent - viewed its impact as positive.
Forty-five per cent of the 17,601 respondents to the 23-country survey believe "immigration has generally had a negative impact on their country." Only 21 per cent believe immigration has had a positive effect. The rest - 29 per cent - are on the fence.
Thirty-five per cent of Canadians viewed immigration's effects as negative, while 26 per cent were either neutral or did not know.
Countries with the strongest negative opinions were Belgium (72 per cent) followed by South Africa (70 per cent), Russia (69 per cent), Great Britain (64 per cent) and Turkey (57 per cent).
Education made a big difference in respondents' attitudes. Educated Canadians topped the list of people most likely to view immigration positively. Sixty per cent of Canadians with higher levels of education believed its impact on their country was positive, "followed by their highly-educated counterparts in Australia (51 per cent), Saudi Arabia (47 per cent), Brazil (43 per cent), India (43 per cent), Sweden (39 per cent) and the United States (32 per cent)."
The results come at a time when many people seem to believe immigration rates are rising. Some 80 per cent of those surveyed believe that immigration has increased in their respective countries in the past five years.
Ipsos senior vice-president John Wright said he wasn't surprised by the results, given the social end economic tur-moil that has embroiled many of the countries surveyed.
Italy, for example, has dealt with a flood of migrants fleeing strife in Tunisia. Millions of migrants have headed to South Africa from neighbouring African states.
Wright said the survey was a "quick snapshot to find out where the world is" and Ipsos is providing details to academic institutions for study.
Most countries surveyed had more than 1,000 respondents. In those countries, the margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
39% of Canadians see immigration as positive, poll finds
Education makes a difference in attitudes
Postmedia NewsAugust 5, 2011
Nearly half the respondents to a groundbreaking global poll believe immigration has had a negative impact on their countries, according to results released Thursday by Ipsos.
And while Canadians have a relatively upbeat attitude on immigration, only a minority of Canadians polled - 39 per cent - viewed its impact as positive.
Forty-five per cent of the 17,601 respondents to the 23-country survey believe "immigration has generally had a negative impact on their country." Only 21 per cent believe immigration has had a positive effect. The rest - 29 per cent - are on the fence.
Thirty-five per cent of Canadians viewed immigration's effects as negative, while 26 per cent were either neutral or did not know.
Countries with the strongest negative opinions were Belgium (72 per cent) followed by South Africa (70 per cent), Russia (69 per cent), Great Britain (64 per cent) and Turkey (57 per cent).
Education made a big difference in respondents' attitudes. Educated Canadians topped the list of people most likely to view immigration positively. Sixty per cent of Canadians with higher levels of education believed its impact on their country was positive, "followed by their highly-educated counterparts in Australia (51 per cent), Saudi Arabia (47 per cent), Brazil (43 per cent), India (43 per cent), Sweden (39 per cent) and the United States (32 per cent)."
The results come at a time when many people seem to believe immigration rates are rising. Some 80 per cent of those surveyed believe that immigration has increased in their respective countries in the past five years.
Ipsos senior vice-president John Wright said he wasn't surprised by the results, given the social end economic tur-moil that has embroiled many of the countries surveyed.
Italy, for example, has dealt with a flood of migrants fleeing strife in Tunisia. Millions of migrants have headed to South Africa from neighbouring African states.
Wright said the survey was a "quick snapshot to find out where the world is" and Ipsos is providing details to academic institutions for study.
Most countries surveyed had more than 1,000 respondents. In those countries, the margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
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