With the exception of Canada’s indigenous peoples whose forefathers have inhabited this land for millennia, Canadians have descended from immigrants or were immigrants themselves. Migrants today come here for the same reasons that our ancestors did or we did: some to escape war, persecution or deprivation, and all in search of security, prosperity and a better life. This, perhaps, has fostered Canadians’ positive perception of immigrants and immigration.
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