Issues of immigration in QC

After the much devastating World War II, a lot of veterans and survivors were found in very miserable situations. Some were left with no home, no family or no work. Many decided to flee their country to find better live conditions for themselves or their families elsewhere so they took a boat for two weeks to reach America. By that time, Canada and the United States were practically invaded not by enemies, but by immigrants who were mostly from Europe. A lot of the men who arrived on that new and unknown land were very determined and strong to face whatever would come in their way. For those who had not yet had a family in America, had to start everything from scratch and depending from what country they were it was either harder or easier to find work. Montreal was the city that received most of the strangers from Europe in that time. There were many sub communities and neighborhood that were organized like countries. For example, an Italian native would be beaten and insulted if he would stroll around a Canadian neighborhood. So depending from what country the immigrants were, in was better for them to stick with their kind. That way they would find work more easily and support themselves was one big family. Like Silvio said in the play, “Back then, people use to help each other”. Nowadays, a lot has changed, as we can see. In cities like Montreal, most of people are used to seeing and living alone with immigrants. The society is still kind of separated in many bits like before but there is much less tension between different nationalities living alongside each other and every person is considered equal as long as they are in the country legally. The only thing that has not change is the time for the immigrants to adapt to the new country and its mentality. It is for that reason that children are sent to integration programs at schools where they learn the country’s language and values with other immigrants from different countries and they stick together at school until they are sent on to the regular program where they are mixed with natives. That way they will get used to the country at their on pace without being bullied or made fun of.