Biased history 1/4:
CBC : “Macdonald's govt introduced a Chinese head tax, requiring Chinese people to pay $50 to come to Canada - that would eventually grow to an exorbitant $500. He also called the Chinese ‘a semi-barbaric, inferior race.’"
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CBC : “Macdonald's govt introduced a Chinese head tax, requiring Chinese people to pay $50 to come to Canada - that would eventually grow to an exorbitant $500. He also called the Chinese ‘a semi-barbaric, inferior race.’"
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Biased history 2/6:
The name of the PM who raised the Chinese head tax from $50 to “an exorbitant $500”?
Wilfrid Laurier.
Laurier:”In my opinion, there is not much room for the Chinaman in Canada. He displaces a good Canadian, or a good British subject."
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The name of the PM who raised the Chinese head tax from $50 to “an exorbitant $500”?
Wilfrid Laurier.
Laurier:”In my opinion, there is not much room for the Chinaman in Canada. He displaces a good Canadian, or a good British subject."
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Biased history 3/6:
Which PM eventually apologized for the discriminatory head tax, introduced by Macdonald and increased five-fold by Laurier?
Stephen Harper, a century later.
theglobeandmail.com/news/national/…
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Which PM eventually apologized for the discriminatory head tax, introduced by Macdonald and increased five-fold by Laurier?
Stephen Harper, a century later.
theglobeandmail.com/news/national/…
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Biased history 4/6:
Which Canadian Prime Minister first extended to Indigenous peoples the right to vote? John A Macdonald, in the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885.
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Which Canadian Prime Minister first extended to Indigenous peoples the right to vote? John A Macdonald, in the Electoral Franchise Act of 1885.
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Biased history 5/6:
Which Canadian Prime Minister reversed John A Macdonald’s extension to Indigenous peoples of the right to vote? Wilfrid Laurier, in 1898 as one of his first acts after being elected PM.
nationalpost.com/opinion/richar…
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Which Canadian Prime Minister reversed John A Macdonald’s extension to Indigenous peoples of the right to vote? Wilfrid Laurier, in 1898 as one of his first acts after being elected PM.
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Biased history 6/6:
Which Prime Miinster finally corrected Laurier’s denial of Indigenous voting rights? John Diefenbaker, in 1960, thorough the Canadian Bill of Rights and changes to the Canada Elections Act.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ind…
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Which Prime Miinster finally corrected Laurier’s denial of Indigenous voting rights? John Diefenbaker, in 1960, thorough the Canadian Bill of Rights and changes to the Canada Elections Act.
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ind…
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