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Disabled people, medical inadmissibility, and the differential politics of immigration
Author(s) -
Wilton Robert,
Hansen Stine,
Hall Edward
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12361
Subject(s) - immigration , politics , statutory law , construct (python library) , reading (process) , differential (mechanical device) , disabled people , key (lock) , political science , law , public relations , public administration , medicine , computer science , computer security , environmental health , engineering , life style , aerospace engineering , programming language
Key Messages Medical inadmissibility provisions in Canada's immigration law exclude some disabled applicants on the basis that they would place “excessive demand” on health and social services. These statutory provisions construct disabled persons as burdensome, with little acknowledgment of the potential contributions such applicants might make to Canada. Recent legal cases have contested this narrow reading of disability, but have yet to challenge the underlying assumptions of the provision.