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Article: The Senate and the fight against the 1885 Chinese Immigration Act/ Le Senat Canadien et le combat contre la Loi de l'immigration chinoise de 1885.
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- Canadian Parliamentary Review
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- June 22, 2007
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On June 22, 2006, the Prime Minister rose in the House of Commons to "offer a full apology to Chinese Canadians for the head tax and express our deepest sorrow for the subsequent exclusion of Chinese immigrants. " After recalling the fundamental role that Chinese Canadians had played in the nation-building construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), the Prime Minister observed how--once the line was completed--"Canada turned its back on these men" as it imposed a $50 Head Tax on Chinese migrants in 1885, increased this to $100 in 1900 and then to $500 in 1905, and finally expanded the scope of its exclusionary measures in 1923 to make it all but impossible for ...
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