“Sifton and the government may only have reflected their times, but Canadian immigration policy and public opinion were nevertheless racist.” This quotation from The Canadian Encyclopedia succinctly sums up the attitude towards the immigrants that entered Canada from the time of the Confederation until the first World War. The nation was distinctly selective about what race and resident country an immigrant was native to. At this time in history, the government sought settlement in the plains but wanted to determine exactly who those settlers would be. It was reflection of British imperial policy and was distinctly biased towards the Continue reading...