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Article: The Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act and the veterans who overcame it.(3H Paper)
- Article from:
- Chinese America: History and Perspectives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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(Original title: Comparing Chinese exclusion and the veterans who overcame it)
The 1923 Immigration Act, often referred to as the Chinese Exclusion Act, was an accumulation of the Canadian government's attempt to frustrate the migration of the Chinese to Canada. Unlike the United States, which imposed the Exclusion Act in 1882, the Canadian government in the year 1885 levied a head tax of $50 for each Chinese entering the country. This policy was initiated by the province of British Columbia where many of the Chinese arrived from China and the United States.
The provincial government of the day was dismayed by the number of Chinese who came for the ...