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Chinese Headtax
In 1885 Canadaian government charged a fee to each Chinese person entering Canada. This was done to discourage Chinese immigration after the completion of the Canadaian Pacific Railway. In 1923 the tax was abolished by the Chinese Immigration Act which stopped all Chinese immigration except for business people, clergy, educators, students and others. -
Immigration of Ukrainian Canadians
In 1914, eight thousand Ukrainian/German decents were arrested and sent to camps in Canada while Canada was at war with Germany. These people were arested under the War Measures Act and because of thair idenity. -
Komagata Maru Incident
on May 23, 1914, ship named the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancuer from India. The ship was carrying 367 passengers from india. Out of the 367 people, only 24 were addmitted and the other were forced to return to India -
Internment of Italian Canadians
Starting on June 10, 1940, Canada made arrests to people of Italian decent under the War Measures Act during the World War ll. About 700 people were arrested against their will and sent to live in camps. Majority of the arrests were focused on men but in some cases their famillies had to go to. Not until 1990 was it that The Prime Minister formally apologized to Canada's Italian community for the internment. -
Internment of Japanese Canadians
In December of 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbour during World War ll which then lead to Canadians being treated with suspicion and hatred even though most being born and raised in Canada. In February of 1942 Canaidian government forced over 20 000 men, women and children to B.C.'s inland to live in camps. Canadian government promised to safegaurd the properties of the Japense Canadians but the next year then sold everything the Japanese/Canadians had once owned and spent their lives working for -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act was proposed in 1976 and came into force two years later in 1978. It focused on who should be allowed into Canada rather than who should be kept out.
Later replaced with the Immigration aand Refugee Protection Act. -
Reugees Added as an Immigration Category
In 1967 Canada adds refugees as one of the immigration categories and now accepts refugees steadly, instead of crisis by crisis. -
Singh Decision
Between 1977 and 1980 Satnam Singh and six others attempted to claim refugee status under the Immigration Act in Canada but were then denied by the Minister Employment and Immigration. -
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
The Immigration and Refugee Prtoection Act of 2002 establihes categories of who can come to Canada from other countries to make permanent homes in Canada. This Act is set in place to pursue social, cultural and economice benifits for all Canadians, to respect immigration to Canada, to grant refugee protection to persons who are displaced, persecuted or in danger. -
Immigration Categories
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act established categories of who can come to Canada and make a permanent home and lays out the objectives of those categories. The 4 categories are refugees, family class, economic immigrants, and others.
