POL 128 Lecture Notes - Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Gold Rush, Chinese Canadians
4 Dec 2013
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Gold rush encouraged chinese immigrant to come to canada. Only use of them is labour , although white labour is better n. After completion of railway wanted them to go back home and didn"t allow more. 50$ then then to discourage chinese people to come into canada. Take you to a building when you first arrive kept for a few weeks. Head tax certificate only thing that kept him as a part of canada. 23 millio from 85 thousand chinese head tax. 1923 passed exclusion act that no chinese cannot come to canada no matter what no head tax any more. Mostly bachleors because had to leave family and wife back home. If you didn"t come back to canada within 2 years then u wouldn"t be allowed entry back. So many wives died back in china waiting for husbands back. Bank of china closed couldn"t send money back couldn"t send letter.
