Speaker. that tradition of neighborliness is being threatened. For the first time in our history a barrier is being thrown up. This barrieran intolerable immigration quota systemis placing a severe strain on the business and political relations between our countries. This quota. which was established July 1. 1968. allows only 120.000 persons from Western Hemisphere countries to immigrate to the United States in any year. The effect on Canadian immigrants is dramatic. In the first year the number of Canadians coming into the United States has dropped from 30.000 to 16.000. As a participant of the United StatesCanada Interparliamentary meeting last summer.
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