Thus, to determine if the sponsorship regime has a discriminatory effect on sponsored women, we should assess social, economic, political and historical contexts, all of which contribute to constructing the identities of immigrant women in Canada and perpetuating their inequality.
L’immigrante parrainée sera, la plupart du temps, une femme de couleur, et elle devra assumer le fardeau de pratiques historiques et actuelles qui sont tributaires d’une idéologie sexiste et raciste, anti-immigrant et anti-francophone.