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1914 BCE
Ukrainian Canadian internment
Canada went to war with Austria and about 4,000 Ukrainian men and some women and children were kept in 24 interment camps and related work sites. almost all were released and became paid farmers, miners and railway workers. -
Chinese head tax
was a tax given to the Chinese people to discourage them after the CP railway was constructed. The tax was abolished in 1923 because of the Chinese immigration act. -
Komagata maru incident
was a steam ship in 1914 carrying 352 passengers that were not allowed to disembark Canada and only 24 of the other passengers were allowed to enter Canada so the ship had to turn around and head back to India. -
Interment of Italian candians
Minister of Justice, Ernest Lapointe, signed the order that made thousands of Italian-Canadians as enemys and about 500 men and four women were eventually interned as enemys. In addition, 100 Italian seamen, who were in Canadian waters on 10 June 1940, were also subject to internment -
Japanese internment
The internment of Japanese during World War II was the push to relocate Japanese camps in the Canada between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese were moved. -
immigration act
Was a act that allowed the Canadian parliament to decide who was allowed to enter the country and who was not. this act also brought more immigration rules. -
singh decision
April 4 refugee rights day people were trying to claim a refugee status the immigration act did not allow this to happen and did not let singh to state his case in person or to appeal the governments decision on his case. -
immigration and refugee protection act
Act of the Parliament of Canada in 2001 that replaced the "Immigration Act, 1976 as the primary immigration act for immigrants coming to Canada. -
creation if immigration categories
In Canada there are four categories of immigrants: Family, work, refugees and other people accepted for humanitarian reason. these were created by several acts passed by the Canadian federal government. . -
refugees being added as a immigration catagories
refugees are seeking help and escaping harm like wars,torture, government issues ect. anything that causes harm to humans are not allowed to enter to have there lives saved in Canada because of the federal government.