Question

Your research goal is to find an important issue facing Canadian society currently. Once you have found a reputable media source, you are to complete the tasks below that will help you learn to be an analytic reader.

Task

paste or enter the information listed below:

• 1. Cite the article you are using in proper APA format. You can find out how to do this here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
• 2. Restate the issue concisely in your own words.
• 3. State the conclusion the article has arrived at with regard to the issue
• 4. List the reasons the author gives to support that conclusion
• One mark will be deducted for every spelling, grammar or content error (e.g. the citation not being properly done). You may also lose marks for not completing the tasks correctly (e.g. if you list what is clearly a reason as the conclusion).

Answer 1

Beware the worm inside the apple, not outside. Recent immigrants have brought with them the idea that Canadians are a people without culture, religion, values, or the backbone to stand up for themselves. Our belief that all cultures, values and religions are equally beneficial to Canada is ruinous, patently false and disproved simply by looking at our economic and social standards compared to Eastern countries and realizing that immigrants are coming here, not vice-versa.

The biggest issue facing Canada is immigration; immigrants are vital to its success. Approximately 60% of all Americans alive today trace their roots through Ellis Island. The United States, early on, understood the value of massive immigration. Canada’s entire population equals that of California. Canada needs at least 100 million more immigrants. Size does matter. With a population of roughly 34 million Canada is a potential Titanic of countries — its social programs will be impossible to sustain.

Article: Why immigration could be a high-risk, low-reward issue in the 2019 election

Though the political debate over immigration and border security has made a lot of noise in recent months, it might turn out to be a dud in the 2019 federal election — or it could blow up in the face of the party leader who risks making an issue of it.

A new survey by the Environics Institute shows that Canadians' opinions on immigration and refugees have hardly budged from the generally upbeat views recorded by the polling firm over the last few years. A majority of Canadians (58 per cent) say they do not believe that immigration levels are too high, while 76 per cent say that the overall impact of immigration on the Canadian economy has been positive.

But the numbers suggest there's still an audience for a political party demanding a reduction in immigration and greater efforts to ensure immigrants adopt "Canadian values" — both policies embraced by the new People's Party launched by former Conservative leadership contender Maxime Bernier.

This could prove to be a point of vulnerability for Andrew Scheer's Conservatives.

The Conservatives have been sharply critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's immigration policies since the beginning of a surge in the number of asylum seekers crossing Canada's borders illegally. But those criticisms have been limited to questions of fairness regarding those asylum seekers who try to enter Canada illegally, and claims that the government has no plans in place to adequately house, employ and integrate immigrants.

The Conservatives have been careful to state that they are pro-immigration and are not asking for a reduction in the annual intake.

But that puts the party at odds with many of its own supporters — who appear to be more in line with where Bernier's party is positioning itself on the issue.

Overall, immigration isn't a top-of-mind issue for voters, according to the Environics Institute poll. Only five per cent of Canadians — and just six per cent of Conservative voters — cite immigration and refugees as the most important issues facing Canadians today. That's up only one point since April 2017.

Over the same time, the percentage of Canadians who list the environment and climate change as the most important issue has jumped five points to 10 per cent, second only to economic issues.

Health care, the government's record, social issues and unemployment also scored higher than immigration in the Environics Institute's research.