SOCI 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Burrard Inlet, Punjab, India, Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
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Canada: a multicultural, welcoming country for immigrants: [don"t] give me [us] your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . 1906 immigration act: prohibited immigration of . Anyone who was mentally handicapped, epileptic, insane, or af icted w/ a contagious disease. = deaf and dumb or dumb, blind or in rm (unless had accompany family member or family already in canada) 1908 continuous journey regulation: all immigrants to canada req"d. to come dir. fr. their country of origin or citizenship by a continuous journey, e. indian immigrants on komagata maru turned away at vancouver harbour in. 1914: 376 sikhs, muslims, hindus from punjab, india. 1923 chinese immigration act: all chinese barred entry to canada, exceptions: diplomats, children born in canada to chinese parents, students and merchants with $ for investment, 1923 - 1947: < 50 chinese emigrated to canada.
