SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Atlantic Canada, Underground Railroad, Class Discrimination
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It was because it was non-profitable: they had almost no value, by 1880 the population throughout canada is: Indigenous (small communities on large land masses: black population (atlantic provinces, quebec and ontario, the "immigrants" that came were french, british and german (very small population, the only settlement that existed was in the atlantic provinces, quebec, All the families across europe speak german. The germans were always welcome in canada. The people who you actually want to be the nation, they refuse to do the jobs that big businesses are in desperate need for. Need to build a railroad in order to develop a manufacturing economy. In 1903 the state ups the head tax to per person: this slowed that trickle to droplets. Immigration continued but at a reduced degree: but it still continued. By 1923 the state was fed up, they didn"t want chinese coming into canada. 1923 1947 the chinese exclusion act: no chinese allowed.
