POLI 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, The Maritimes, English Canada
22 Oct 2018
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The main axes of diversity in canadian politics. Why a new union: political reasons (union act led to instability, economic reasons: End of preferential tari s (uk), us protectionism. The steel that bounds the country together : territorial expansion. A will to live together and a will to live apart (laselva, 1996) The cohabitation of provinces (ontario, quebec, nova scotia, new brunswick) 1999: nunavut (although not a province, but a territory) 1783-1784: arrival of black loyalists: freedom and a farm . 1880s: chinese immigration for railroad construction (15000) 1900s: eastern european immigration for western expansion. Right to prohibit immigrants from any race deemed unsuited to the climate or requirements of canada . 1967: beginning of point-system for immigration selection. New way of addressing diversity: multicultural policy, charter of rights and freedoms & multicultural act of canada. 1783: french and english canadians - compact theory . 1867: canadians of 10 provinces - contract theory .
