Komagata Maru and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canada immigration policy: On May 23, 1914, the chartered Japanese ship Komagata Maru steamed into Vancouver harbour, according to Toronto Star. The 376 people on board — British subjects within the British Empire — were challenging the empire to fulfill its promise of equality and justice. Rather, it was a decision consistent with a century-long white Canada immigration policy. By Jim Coyle News, Insight Tues., May 17, 2016 When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologizes in the Commons on Wednesday for Canada rejection in 1914 of hundreds of would-be South Asian immigrants aboard the Komagata Maru, Ali Kazimi will be among those listening closely. For Kazimi, a York University professor who has produced a film and written a book on the Komagata Maru, there was nothing incidental about Canada rejection of the ship passengers, most of them Sikhs from Punjab. One of the words he hopes not to hear is incident. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.