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Different views on compensation
Senator Vivian Poy addressed the 12th AGM of the National Congress of Chinese Canadians at the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre September 13, 2003. Thank you for inviting me to discuss the Head Tax issue with all of you today. Even though I have not, up until this point, taken part in any of... »
Chinese Canadians sue Ottawa – III
The Limits of Righting Historic Wrongs by Cynthia Koller Counsel, Regulatory Section Justice Canada In April 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada denied plaintiffs leave to appeal in Shack Jang Mack Quen Ying Lee and Yew Lee v. Attorney General of Canada. In doing so, the Court shed some light on a sensitive but important issue: the limitations of... »
Chinese Canadians sue Ottawa – II
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 government. An Ontario Superior Court judge... »
Different views on compensation
The Canadian case for compensation Kenda Gee – comments on the Australian view The author misses the point concerning redress, entirely. Redress is a process involving individuals who were harmed. And it holds government accountable, particularly as it continues to re-invent mistakes from the past. On those notes – money isn’t important. Yet, it is. If 99% of the... »