Christy Clark and Clark Liberals

Clark Liberals: The apology has been endorsed by Clark Liberals, the Opposition New Democrats and the Green party, as well as Independent members of the legislature. , according to Times Colonist. Canada started charging a head tax in the late 1800s to discourage Chinese immigration. The B.C. government supported the head tax and accepted federal head-tax payments. Premier Christy Clark says an apology to Chinese-Canadians that is more than 140 years overdue will be offered Thursday in British Columbia legislature. It dates back to B.C. and Canadian government policies, including a Chinese head tax, that targeted immigrants from 1872 to 1947, Clark said Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.