Olivia Chow, MP

Head tax redress still inadequate, say descendants

…The New Democratic Party has also called for comprehensive negotiations and payment. Immigration critic Olivia Chow reintroduced a motion shortly before Parliament was dismissed for the summer, calling for the government to compensate the descendants of immigrants forced to pay the tax.

“They too are direct victims of the racist head tax policy and the Exclusion Act,” she said. “If we are talking about justice, it shouldn’t penalize people  that died waiting.”…

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