Immigration Act of 1910

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May be excluded from immigrating to Canada:
1.”Those physically, mentally or morally unfit whose exclusion was provided for by Act of Parliament last session”.
2.”Those belonging to nationalities unlikely to assimilate and who consequently prevent the building up of a united nation of people of similar customs and ideals”.
3.”Those who from their mode of life and occupations are likely to crowd into urban centers and bring about a state of congestion which might result in unemployment and a lowering of the standard of our national life”.

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This entry was last updated: November 5, 2014