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Chinese Head Tax
Chinese head tax was a tax placed on all Chinese immigrants when coming into Canada under the Chinese Immigration Act. Chinese people had to pay $50 before coming into Canada (later raised to $100, then $500). $50 was set to bring deliberate financial hardship to Chinese people in attempt to limit the number of Immigrants from China. -
Komagata Maru Incident
the Komagata Maru Incident has something to do with the Canadian government denying entry to potential immigrants. This incident was with the Japanese steam ship called the Komagata Maru. This ship carried 376 passengers of different backgrounds, and after traveling from Japan to Canada only 24 passengers were admitted into Canada. This was one of the many incidents in which exclusion laws were used to deny people, often of the Asian decent. -
Internment of Ukrainian Canadians
This event in Canada's history lasted from 1914-192 and under this War Measures Act , it sent over 4,000 Ukrainian men and women to 24 internment camps. This was because Canada was at war with Ukraine and didnt want any Ukrainian people wandering around their country. The Canadian government was afraid some may be spies. So to stop that "problem" they sent them to interment camps. -
Internment of Italian Canadians
Canada's government decided to move all people of the Japanese origin away from the west coast . Under the War Measures Act more then 20,000 people were forced to leave their homes and they were forced into interment camps in the interior of BC. The government promised safe guard of the peoples home, belongings and businesses but sold them off. -
Interment of Japanese Canadians
Because of the Pearl Harbor bombing, in January 1942 the Canadian government decided to move all Japanese people away from the west coast, inland. Under the war measures act over 20,000 Japanese people were loaded onto trains and forced inland to remote communities where they couldn't leave. However they were promised safe guard on all their homes, businesses and belongings the Canadian government sold them off and offered an apology in return. -
Refugees being added as an immigration category
in 1976 Canada made refugees one of it immigration ion categories. The change meant that Canada would now accept refugees steadily, instead of crisis by crisis. This act's purpose was to “fulfil Canada’s international legal obligations with respect to refugees and to uphold its humanitarian tradition with respect to the displaced and the persecuted.” -
Immigration Act
The immigration act focused on who should be allowed into Canada and who shouldn't be. This act gave more power to the provinces to set their own immigration laws and define "prohibited classes" in much broader terms. People who could become a burden on social welfare or health care would be denied entry rather than certain groups of people: Homosexual, disabled, and so on. -
Singh Decision pt 2
The result of this was people being able to claim, refugee status, the right to a hearing, and a board to provide quick and fair hearings and Canada provides people seeking refuge status with the necessities until the hearing. -
Singh Decision
Satnam Singh came into Canada from India seeking refuge status. Canada rejected his case under the Immigration Act, 1976. This didn't allow him to state his case or appeal the governments decisions. The Supreme Court said this violated section 7 of The Charter: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person, and the right to not be deprived thereof except in the accordance with principals of fundamental justice. -
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
This act replaced the former "immigration act" passed in 1976. This act focuses on saving lives and offering protection for the people displaced from their own country. It aims to affirm and fulfill Canada's international commitment to protect refugees. It grants fair consideration to people that claim to be persecuted as an expression of Canada's humain ideas. Also, this act offers refuge to people facing prosecution because of race, religion or other factors. -
Creation of Immigration Categories
This was part of the Immigration act where the four categories of immigration were made. These four new categories included refugees, people who found refuge in a country that wasn't their own. Families who immigrated were either loving to Canada with their family or already had family living in Canada. Assisted relatives were spouses moving to Canada with their other. And Independent immigrant is a person moving to Canada alone. These were the categories created.
