May 6, 2021 | Keith Banting and Stuart Suroka
A distinctive culture? The sources of public support for immigration in Canada, 1980-2019
A distinctive culture? The sources of public support for immigration in Canada, 1980-2019
Keith Banting, Queen’s University and Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan. Stuart Suroka is also a Fellow of the Environics Institute.This paper has been published in the Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique Volume 53, No. 4 (December 2020).
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Abstract: Canada has often been seen as immune from the powerful backlash against globalization and immigration that has driven political shifts elsewhere. This paper challenges this belief, at least in part, by tracing the evolution of public attitudes towards immigration and analyzing the factors that have shaped the trajectory for over three decades. Drawing on nearly forty years of Environics Focus Canada surveys, combined with annual data on macroeconomics and immigration flows, findings here suggest that Canadians’ tolerance towards immigration responds to immigration flows, and is heavily influenced by macroeconomic conditions.
Le Canada a souvent été perçu comme étant à l’abri de la puissante réaction contre la mondialisation et l’immigration qui a entraîné des changements politiques ailleurs. Cet article remet en question cette idée recue, du moins en partie, en retraçant l'évolution des attitudes du public à l'égard de l'immigration et en analysant les facteurs qui ont façonné leur trajectoire pendant plus de trois décennies. S'appuyant sur près de quarante années d'enquêtes Environics Focus Canada, associées à des données annuelles sur la macroéconomie et les flux d'immigration, les résultats suggèrent que la tolérance des Canadiens à l'égard de l'immigration réagit aux flux d'immigration et qu'elle est fortement influencée par les conditions macroéconomiques.
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