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Section 41 of the June 1919 Immigration Act permits officers to expel any immigrant or naturalised citizen who has been in favour of forcibly overthrowing the government. The country finally displaced hundreds of trade unionists and communists.
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The Indian Act was modified in 1920 so that status Indian children would be forced to attend either an Indian Residential School or a Day School. In 1927, Canada modified the Indian Act to make it unlawful for Aboriginal Title cases to be advanced with funding or legal assistance. -
The Act of 1923, commonly known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, was passed by the parliament of Canada, which prohibit the majority of forms of China's immigration into Canada. It has been known as the Era of Isolation. -
In Canada's development as a fully autonomous nation, the Balfour 1926 report has been an essential document. The study proclaimed the constitutional equals of Britain and its Dominions. In the 1931 Statute of Westminster, the results of the report were enacted by the British Parliament. -
A pledge to Prime Minister King at a moment of political exigency was made in 1927 in keeping with that Old Age Pension Act. Under the new Old Age Pensions law, for British nationals aged 70 years and older who were residing in Canada for a period of 20 years, the maximum stipend was $20 a month. -
In 1929, Edwards v Canada (AG), generally known as the case of individuals, declared that women had been entitled to membership of the Senate of Canada. The case of the individual was a two-fold landmark case. The decision found that Canadian women might be appointed senators and also determined that the Canadian constitution should be construed more consistently with society's demands. -
I wanted to add this one. The 1929 crisis of Wall Street, often known as the Great Catastrophe, was a large American bond crash in the fall of 1929. It was launched on the New York Stock Exchange in September and closed in late October. -
Africville was a north of Halifax African-Canadian community, formed during the mid-19th century. In the 1960s, in what many felt was an act of bigotry, Halifax bulldozed the formerly thriving seashore village. In 2010, the Mayor of the Regional Municipality of Halifax excused himself. Africville signifies for many people Black Canadians' oppression and aspirations to correct historical mistakes.
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