Who introduced the immigration points system to Canada?

[Lemon L]

I know it was introduced in 1967, but who was the immigration minister during the time it was introduced? Also, if you find any quotes relating to the discussions and arguments about this system please list the website for the quotes also.

 

[i AM CANADA]

guessing it would be prime minister trudeau or prime minister diefenbaker, trudeau was the idiot who started all the Multiculturalism BS and single handedly destroyed Canada...

 

[Ramon]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/resources/publications/legacy/chap-6.asp#chap6-5

http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/immigration-policy-canada-history-administration-and-debates#history

As to who the minister of immigration was - there were LOTS of them - just as there are today. The immigration portfolio has a high turnover.

Source - http://www.library.ubc.ca/jones/hstrnt.html
Scroll down to Point No 2, paragraph 3

The second key provision was explicit permission in the 1967 immigration regulations for visitors to Canada to apply for immigrant status. The circumstances that led to this provision – 20,000 outstanding visitor applications – were detailed in July 1966 by Immigration Minister Jean Marchand in the House of Commons. Burgeoning numbers of on-the-spot immigrants eventually resulted in abrupt revocation of the visitor application provision in November 1972. (This five-year period saw constant turnover in the immigration portfolio, with four different ministers: Jean Marchand, Allan MacEachen, Otto Lang, Bryce Mackasey).