Support for Head Tax Redress
A BACKGROUNDERHistory of Chinese Immigration in CanadaChinese immigration to Canada began around 1858 in response to the gold rush in British Columbia. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was constructe... continue reading »
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"how can the government still walk around smiling with their teeths hanging out like a bunch of wolves City, Province, Postal Code S3N 2M1"
"If the head tax is wrong, remit the money to the alive payers. Otherwise, no money needs to hand out. City, Province, Postal Code Ontario"
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"Please read from #203, this is why we need the government to apologise for their past racist legislations against the Chinese people. It has created monsters like that individual that can easily tell is own people to get out of the country, the true spir"
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"It's about time! City, Province, Postal Code Mississauga, Ontario"
"It is reprehensible that a head tax was ever instituted in this country and flys in the face of the guarantees under the Charter of Rights. City, Province, Postal Code Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y2"
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"My grandmother paid $500. head tax in 1909 and carried her certificate from then on, always guarding against the challenge of a racist government and society. When my grandmother passed away her head tax certificate was found in her purse. It is now frame"
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