https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqyEaDg9QU Sen. Paula Simons rises in the Red Chamber to speak to Sen. Yuen Pau Woo’s inquiry and draws attention to the horrific legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Enforced from 1923 until 1947, the Act effectively banned all Chinese immigration to Canada. In her speech, Senator Simons calls on Canadians not to give in […]
Through immigration and interracial marriage, the ethnic composition of Canada has changed considerably. Immigrants from nations where people are homogenous and share the same ethnicity and skin colour may not be conscious of the connection between ethnicity and skin colour in their new home in Canada. Those immigrants may seek explanations for the social inequalities
Why do some Canadians bristle at the suggestion that recent reporting on foreign interference in our democracy encourages racism? Setting aside partisan point-scoring, let’s assume that the reason is an inability to see how genuine concern about foreign interference could be construed as racist. Revelations about foreign interference reported by the Globe and Mail and
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An open letter from Stop Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy Group CANADA to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth and British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma calling for immediate and effective steps to address the increasingly aggressive behaviour of Peter Hanssens, who has repeatedly targeted various minority groups with racist actions. CC:
Canada-China Focus has released an Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, Government of Canada. The letter is now accessible for endorsement by individuals or organizations at https://forms.gle/5ftuh6WPGEqwBZMJ6 March 21, 2023 An Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur, Government of Canada We are deeply
Early settlers According to James Morton, author of In the Sea of Sterile Mountains, the first Chinese person arrived onboard a British explorer’s ship on Vancouver Island’s West coast in 1779. They were artisans brought by Captain John Meares from Macau. In other words, Chinese people have been living in this part of Canada for
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Considering the current close contact between the Chinese community and their country of origin, as well as the complex intra-community connection, basically it is only a matter of time before the Canadian government introduces the “foreign influence transparency registry”. Although I am confident that the Canadian government today would never place Chinese Canadians in internment
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isl6gSolCpg Speaking at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Senators Victor Oh and Yuen Pau Woo announced plans to hold a national remembrance ceremony and other commemorative events to mark the upcoming 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Immigration Act, commonly referred to as the Chinese Exclusion Act. The events will highlight
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