Past Injustices in Canada

By lewhi7272

  • head tax

    The federal government tried to discourage Chinese people from coming to Canada by imposing a head tax in 1885

  • Head tax increase

    $50- $500

  • the federal government introduced the Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion act was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.

  • Revoking the exclusion act

    The act was in place for more than 20 years it was repealed in 1947

  • PM Pierre Trudeau refused to apologize to for past injustices

    In 1984, prime minister Pierre Trudeau famously refused to consider financial compensation for the 20,000 Japanese Canadians who were forced into internment camps and had their property seized during World War II.

  • the CCNC began a campaign for an apology from the federal government

    They asked for a repayment of $23 000 000 (that was the amount collected from the 81 000 Chinese immigrants who were forced to pay the tax)

  • Conservative government apologized for internment

    In 1988 the Conservative government apologized to Japanese Canadians for their internment during the Second World War

  • Conservative government apologized again

    In 1990 the Conservative government apologized again to Italian Canadians for similar reasons as the Japanese

  • Formal apology to Canada’s Aboriginal peoples

    Prime Minister Harper apologizes on behalf of Canada to Aboriginal people for its treatment of children in Indian
    residential schools

  • Komagata

    In May 2008, the B.C. legislature extended an apology for the Komagata incident