British Columbias

British Columbias: British Columbias legislators passed laws to restrict employment and ownership of property, to deny voting rights, to prevent Chinese-Canadians from holding office. There were taxes and fees based on ethnicity and other punitive regulations. Marriage to a white person, at one point in our history, was forbidden. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. B.C. Liberals run out of time to pass Chinese head-tax apology It is a sordid chapter of British Columbias history that has yet to be closed: more than 160 pieces of legislation and regulation passed in the provincial legislature more than a century ago designed to discriminate against the provinces Chinese community. B.C. parties unveil plans for apologizing to discriminated groups (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.