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10 Awful Canadian Violations Of Human Rights

When a citizen of any other country thinks of Canada, the thought that usually comes to mind is a peaceful and cooperative nation that is a shining example of tolerance and civil rights. However, Canada has had many dark chapters in its history. If one looks deeper, the innocent facade of the Great White North is shattered, revealing some disturbing truths behind it.

                              7The Chinese Head Tax

Between 1881 and 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was constructed mostly using the labor of around 15,000 Chinese immigrants who flooded into the country to hasten its construction because of the gold rush of the time. The work was hard and dangerous, and many of those immigrants who worked on the lines would not survive to see their completion. However, what the Canadian government instituted after the completion of the railway added insult to injury.
               

Worried about the flood of Chinese immigrants, the government called for a “head tax” on each one who wished to come to Canada. At first, the tax was $50 Canadian in 1885, but it increased to $100 in 1900, and then $500 in 1903, which was equal to two years’ wages in China. The Chinese were the only people who were targeted this way. Despite this, many still came to Canada, leading the government to ban immigration from China entirely starting in 1923. The act was finally repealed in 1947, at which time the Chinese were afforded the same rights as any other group of people who wished to enter the country.

The effects of this racist policy on the Chinese-Canadian community were grave. Many men already in Canada became unable to send for their families, leaving many fatherless households in China to fend for themselves. Some of these families never reunited, and some of those left stranded in China died with no breadwinner to support them. To this day, the Chinese community in Canada refers to Canada Day on July 1 as “Humiliation Day,” since it was on this day in 1923 that the act barring them from the country was written into law.

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