The Concubine's Children Summary

When we came across with the word Canada, we mostly think about how people migrated there and how many did. No doubt Canada is an amazing country to live in: open-minded, multi-cultural, liberal, respectful, and peace-loving. Cities are safe and towns are friendly. The landscape is sublime and so diverse from coast to coast, but this is the modern Canada, and what do we know about Canada in its formative phase, the adversity of being here and surviving here? Now I’m going to tell you “What Canada was”

Denise Chong and Helga Mills narrate their story and have different views how each and their fellow immigrants were welcomed in Canada, in same timeline (1800’s to 1900’s)

“The Concubine’s Children”, by Denise Chong caters to the information how

Chinese people back in 1800’s faced racism in Canada. She also tells us the brutality faced by her fellow compatriots in Canada and the unfair face showed by the Canadian government towards them, for instance, the imposed special taxes such as on outfits, laundry and schooling more over they didn’t offered job according to their skills. Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and even buy land. She also asserted that how her Grandmother faced inhumaneness for being Chinese.
“Breaking the Barriers” by Helga Kurtz-Harder Mills illustrates that how refugee ladies in Canada faced discrimination and racism. She wrote in her book about a woman from Iran. She was sexually and mentally harassed by the immigration officer and was told to leave the country .and many ladies faced these types of cruelty for example, women from Somalia, Afghanistan and Burundi.
Refugees are forced to leave their home countries because of various reasons like war, environmental disasters or could be religious bias. They come to a country where they think they and their family could live safely with a special immigration status that gives them automatic admission into the country.  If we take Canada as reference, then this status also provides them with a “permanent resident card” or a permit to work. Refugees are “invited” to live in the Canada to start a new life. Immigrants are people who move to another country to resettle. Some immigrants arrive with immigrant visas obtained through family or employer sponsorship. Some immigrants are smuggled in illegally or use tourist or student visas to enter legally and then overstay.
In the current global economy, many people are migrating from one country to another country and it is obvious they have several strong reasons behind this action. According to me, people who migrate look for better life, get a good and respectable job and can improve living standard. If we talk about Canada, I think after U.S. Canada is the best option for immigrants, only in 1913 more than 400,000 people migrated in Canada- a figure that remains unsurpassed to this day.  For instance, I came to Canada to get good education and can do something good with my life and certainly I can gain from this education and have a career.
I strongly agree that non-British and non-French have reshaped Canadian identity. From my point of view, today we see Canada as worlds one the most “multi-cultured” country and even people from weaker backgrounds have progressed a lot in Canada and they are keen to start their own business which leads to develop more jobs and collaborate the economy of Canada. No matter what is your skin color, place of birth, sex and even able or disable, every being treated equally by the natives and government. The place where Canada is standing on is mostly because of immigrants and I’m proud to be a Canadian immigrant