Stakeholders Identification for Issue of Illegal Immigration into Canada

Running head: STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFICATION
Stakeholders Identification
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The background of stakeholder analysis of the identified issue:
The issue identified to conduct to the stakeholder analysis is issue of large number of
illegal border crossing into Canada which would have profound impact on the economy. A
popular news channel in Canada throws light on the severity of the issue of border crossing
which the government of Canada interprets as a ‘challenge’. The channel reports that the
problem is already causing political disturbances with one political group accusing the other. The
issue is already a threat to the international relationship of the country as illegal border crossing
is potent enough to sour the relationship between Canada and its immediate economic giant, the
United States (CBC.ca. 2018). The Huffington Post reports that more than 7000 immigrants have
entered Canada across the US-Canada border in 2018. The newspaper further reports that this
immigration is also triggered by political disturbances in even far off nations like Nigeria, Africa
(Huffingtonpost.ca, 2018). It is evident that the increasing population of immigrants would put
intense pressure on the resources like food and public facilities. The immigrants are seeking
shelter in asylums which have limited capacity. Moreover, the large number of immigrants
would also compete for jobs and housing. Thus, the resident population of Canada would be
deprived of its legitimate entitlements as it has to share the limited resources of the country with
intruders. Hainmueller and Hopkins (2015) point out that cultural differences between the
resident Canadians and immigrants may be the root of social disturbances. Thus, it can be
inferred that the issue of large number of illegal immigration into Canada would have
devastating impacts on the economy. This calls for an identification of key stakeholders which
would require to take actions to mitigate or at least reduce the issue to minimize the risks illegal
immigration poses to the economy. The stakeholder identification would emphasize on the key
stakeholders namely the three ministers of the Federal Government of Canada. They are Bill

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Blair, Minister of Border Security, Government of Canada, Ralph Goodale, Minister of public
safety and emergency preparedness, Government of Canada and Ahmed Hussen, Immigration
minister, Government of Canada.
The main stakeholders:
Federal Government:
The Federal Government of Canada is one of the key stakeholders having strong
influence on the asylum seeker issue which Canada is facing. This is because the federal
government makes policies which affect both the residents of Canada as well as asylum seekers.
Minister of Border Security, Government of Canada:
The Ministry of Border Security is the first identified stakeholder or audience in the
research on the issue of asylum seekers into Canada. The ministry is a Minister of the Crown
created by the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in 2018 and currently holds a secondary
position Public Safety Canada. The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Canada or Public Safety Canada is the department within the federal government of Canada
created to ensure safety of the Canadian. The current minister of Border Security is Bill Blair
(Publicsafety.gc.ca, 2018). Thus, it is evident from the discussion that the body is a key
stakeholders to the issue of illegal immigration into Canada in order to ensure safety of the
residents of the country. The department has strong influence on the security of Canada and as a
result is responsible of offering the asylum seekers refuge as well as ensuring internal security of
Canada. An analysis of immigration issue shows that the immigrants arriving from politically
disturbed countries like Nigeria are capable of threatening the security of the residents
(Nationalpost.com, 2018). They might enter into competition with the residents which would
pave ways for violence and crimes due to conflicts between the two groups.