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First Nations Rights
Canada has not lived up to its treaty obligations with the First Nations, based upon negotiations in the 19th century. Numerous studies show First Nations people in Canada are at the bottom of the social, economic scale with high rates of incarceration, poverty, unemployment, suicide, addiction, health issues, and other social problems. A legacy of racism and brutal efforts to assimilate in the past, have left First Nations people with a legitimate sense of grievance towards these injustices. The legacy of the forced school system, in particular, have wreaked havoc on the First Nations communities. The government has only recently accepted responsibility for what was done by Canada in the last two hundred years. Even today, issues such as proper housing, illness, and poverty are still considerable issues in First Nations reserves and communities that need more attention. First Nations are also at the forefront of environmental protests as industry such as oil, encroach on sacred traditional First Nations land. There are much more initiatives needed to be done in this area by the Federal and Provincial governments.
Wealth inequality.
Canada now has the most prosperous middle class in the world, but the growing gap between rich and poor has never been as wide until recent years. Growing inequality has become a fact of life although not as pronounced as in the United States. Canada’s ghettos are more likely to be wealthy immigrant enclaves rather than crime-ridden social projects. Still, Canada is subject to the same issues in many industrialized countries in the West that are contributing to growing wealth inequality. Stagnating incomes, the loss of traditional industries with permanent low-skill high-paying jobs, the growth of job-killing technology, automation, outsourcing, the explosion of e-commerce, a shift to the freelance, part-time and contractual employees are contributing to a less stable society when it comes to the job, and ultimately—a growing unequal society. The insecurity of prospects is the norm now, especially for the young. While baby boomers enjoy rising house prices and come off years of permanent, well paying full-time employment with benefits and fat pensions, the Millennial generation finds itself in the “gig economy” with low-paying unstable jobs, exorbitant rents, and little hope of ever buying a home on their own.
Fear of Immigration.
Canada, built upon the backs of its immigrant communities, has always welcomed immigrants like the U.S.A. However, unlike the U.S., Canada does not have the large racial issues that are rampant in the U.S. Diversity is celebrated in Canada by adopting a national policy of multiculturalism. Immigration is welcome in the country, with studies showing more than half of Canadians agreeing that their country should be more open to it. However, there is a growing perception in some Canadian provinces, Quebec in particular, that Canada allows in too many immigrants. Even though Canada has one of the most rigorous immigration selection processes in the world based upon the economic needs of the country and the skills of the applicants, the United Nations and official refugee organizations contend that Canada can take in far more numbers of refugees and immigrants than it currently does. Canada’s growing resistance to immigration tends to come from a place of misunderstanding, rhetoric, and misplaced fear. A recent surge of refugees across the Canada and U.S. borders following the draconian clampdown by President Donald Trump’s administration, have only stoked concern of too many foreigners entering Canada. The surge in asylum seekers spurred worries of massive unregulated immigration. The Federal and Provincial governments need to do more to explain why migration is positive for Canada.