Chinese Canadians appeal for apology, compensation for head tax by Amy Carmichael Canadian Press Monday, June 10, 2002 TORONTO (CP) – Chinese immigrants forced to pay a discriminatory $500 head tax to enter Canada continued their fight for redress Monday with an appeal of a ruling that threw out their suit against the federal...
Onetime immigrants want redress over head tax in claim that would total $1-billion by Caroline Alphonso Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Globe and Mail VANCOUVER — With their numbers dwindling each year, Chinese Canadians who had to pay a head tax to enter the country a lifetime ago are suing the federal government to try...
Final dignity for a homeless man: Friends seek his posthumous citizenship by Nicolas Keung, staff reporter Toronto Star, March 11, 2002 During the 47 years Shui Jim Wong lived in Canada he didn’t call himself a Canadian – in fact, he couldn’t even live under his own name. But now friends and advocates for...
