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The White Supremacists started a riot because they were displeased with Chinese immigrants coming to Canada.
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In 1914, a chartered ship carrying Punjabis was denied entry at the Port of Vancouver.
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Black Canadians in collaboration with White Canadians raised funds and volunteered in hospitals
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The No. 2 construction Battalion was authorized on July 5th 1916. The first and only segregated non - combat battalion of Canada.
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Every Indian child 7-16 years of age was forced to attend a residential school
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On July 1st 1923, Chinese people were effectively banned from entering Canada. No Chinese person were allowed in no matter the amount they were willing to pay.
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The government granted Japanese veterans of WW1 to vote.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, all Japanese - Canadians were arrested as traitors.
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Ontario passed the Racial Discrimination Act which prohibited any form or sign of racial discrimination
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On this day, Viola Desmond went to the Roseland Theater and purchased a ground ticket. Instead, the clerk gave her a balcony ticket and refused to let Viola sit on the ground floor.
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The government wanted to deport 10,000 Japanese Canadians but was stopped by public protests that took place all around Canada
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Due to the Citizenship Act, Chinese - Canadians and South Asian Canadians were allowed to vote both provincially and federally.
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The citizens of Dresden voted against a proposed bylaw banning discrimination.
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Despite legislation preventing discrimination, many citizens of Dresden did not follow the legislation. 2 Black men were sent as testers to see if this was true. The 2 black men were refused service.
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The Canadian offered all Japanese - Canadians who experienced the treatment and entrapment. The government offered 21,000 for each of the 13,000 survivors, $12 million for a Japanese community fund, and $24 million to create a Canadian race relations foundation
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Stephen Harper offered a apology to the Chinese - Canadian community after being pressured. Offered a compensation of $20,000 to the survivors and their spouses
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Prime minister Stephen Harper apologized to former residential school students for the lasting impact it had on them.
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Prime minister Justin Trudeau apologized in front of the house of commons for the Komagata Maru Incident
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The city of Vancouver apologizes to Chinese community for all the past legislation, regulations, and policies that discriminated against them.
