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Chinese head tax
The Canadian government put a tax in place that required all chinese immigrants entering canada where reqired to pay.This was used to discourage chinese imigration. -
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Canada Imigration history
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Komagata maru incident
A group of 254 people of various asian decent claiming to be rfugees borded a ship that landed in vancover canada. the canadian government would not alow them in the country so there was rioting on the ship. Nine people were shot. -
internment of ukrainian Canadians
In World War one Canada arrested many ukrainian resedents just because their home country was at war with canada -
The internment of Japanese and italian Canadians
During world war two Canada arrested many people of these decent under war measures act. This was due to the suspition that they are still loyal to thier home country that is at war with Canada. -
Refugees being added as an immigration category
In 1951 the Canada signed the U.N convention relating to the status of refugees. -
Immigration act
this act says no person shall be addmited into Canada if they are engage in act of espinoge or are just a danger to Canada -
Thishe singh decition
Satnam singh came to canada seeking refugee status but Canada refused but the the supreme court soon overuled this desition on the reason it is a violation of the charter. -
Immigration and refugee protection act.
Thhis act establishes who can come to canada to live.It classifys who is a immigrant or refugee. It also lays objectives for immigration..
