Federal Immigration Ministry and Discriminatory Practices

country history: Yet the country history offers more than enough examples of restrictive immigration practices to suggest that there is at least a bit of ignorance among those of us presuming the most knowledge. It no secret that there have been discriminatory practices against certain groups of immigrants across Canada history, according to Huffington Post Canada. In the publication that the Federal Immigration Ministry uses to prepare newcomers for the Canadian citizenship exam, there are important references to such discrimination. Even those Canadians reporting the highest knowledge about immigration history believe we have always been welcoming. For example, the government document clearly indicates that by the end of the 19th century "... the Chinese were subject to discrimination, including the Head Tax, a race-based entry fee." The website of the Canadian Immigration Museum, Pier 21, reveals that in 1885 the Chinese Immigration Act was the country first piece of legislation to exclude immigrants on the basis of their ethnic origin. In 1914 the Komagata Maru ship, which brought 376 Indians to Canada, was turned away as a result of the country discriminatory immigration policy. It imposed a duty of $50 on every Chinese person seeking entry into Canada and it was increased to $500 in 1903. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.