Canada: Why Embracing Immigrants Works for Conservatives

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CANADA: Why embracing immigrants works for Conservatives

MICHAEL ADAMS
Globe and Mail Update
Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 2:00AM EDT

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In many countries, conservative political parties are seen as hostile to immigrants. Right-of-centre parties in the United States and Europe tend to be more nationalistic than their left-leaning counterparts, and this pride in country can sometimes manifest itself in xenophobia.

This pattern would suggest that, in the average OECD country, the election of a right-of-centre government would mean minimal immigrant representation in the legislature. That

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