Immigration: Late 1800s

Early 1900s Dept: Chinese-Canadians had to pay a head tax to be admitted into the country in the late 1800s and early 1900s: in 1923, the federal government brought in an act that stopped virtually all Chinese immigration until the act was repealed in 1947, according to Vancouver Sun. Like many young Canadians, Lesley Loksi Chan didn't know too much about the head tax growing up. But when she was approached to do a documentary on the subject, she jumped at the opportunity and canada prides itself on its tolerance and diversity, but this wasn't always the case. In 2006, the federal government offered an official apology to the Chinese-Canadian community along with a payment of $20,000 to about 400 survivors or their widows. But even that was controversial: many Chinese-Canadians rejected it as a token apology, and one that came far too late. As reported in the news.
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