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Joy and sorrows of French immigration in Canada after the Second World War. Richard JONES Few immigrants came to Canada from France in the years following the Second World War. Certainly, the French government did not regard emigration with enthusiasm and the French-speaking province of Quebec, in Canada, did little to welcome new arrivals, even those from France. Still, the Canadian government must bear a large part of the blame for this failure. For political reasons, Ottawa decided, in September 1948, to modify the Immigration regulations and to place citizens of France on an equal footing with British subjects and American citizens. However, the federal government's fear that the new rules would enable French Communists or collaborators to immigrate to Canada led it to set up new, unpublicized barriers. These controls limited the number of French admitted to Canada. Moreover, the Canadian government continued to favour British immigration and it did not appear ready to invest substantial resources, both human and financial, in a programme designed to boost immigration from France.

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