Immigration and Federalism in Canada: beyond Quebec Exceptionalism?

The paper focuses on Canadian Provinces’ role in migrant selection. After an asymmetric approach, that benefited only Quebec, the federal government granted devolutionary powers in migrant selection to the other Provinces as well, moving towards de facto asymmetry. This process has proved to be succ...

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Main Author: Strazzari Davide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Studies on Federalism 2017-12-01
Series:Perspectives on Federalism
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pof.2017.9.issue-3/pof-2017-0020/pof-2017-0020.xml?format=INT
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Summary:The paper focuses on Canadian Provinces’ role in migrant selection. After an asymmetric approach, that benefited only Quebec, the federal government granted devolutionary powers in migrant selection to the other Provinces as well, moving towards de facto asymmetry. This process has proved to be successful over the years, but recently the federal government has reacted, recentralizing some aspects of immigration policy. This does not apply to Quebec.
ISSN:2036-5438