CANADIAN IMMIGRATION, MEXICAN EMIGRATION, &

A NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL INTERPRETATION

Abstract:

Comparing Mexico’s US emigrants and Canadian immigrants from diverse global sources reinforces explanations of why (a) North America’s economic fulcrum is shifting south, (b) Mexico-based interests may be gaining greater salience in Washington than Canadian counterparts, (c) migration’s inverse relationship with regional integration threatens integration at the regional level over the long-haul, and (d) sustaining a graying population imposes greater Canadian burden than elsewhere south. The study shows how, by adding globalization and regional dynamics to traditional push-pull immigration factors, typical bilateralized analyses not only shed more light, but also broaden policy perspectives and clarify possible future directions.

Keywords:

 north Americanization, US hispanicization, competitive liberalization, Canadian multiculturalism, Mexican maquiladoras, nativism