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Pay blacks and Chinese for past racism, UN suggests
Last Updated Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:45:55
HALIFAX - Canada should consider compensating Chinese and black communities for past acts of discrimination, a draft United Nations report says.
But Jean Augustine, the minister for multiculturalism, told The Canadian Press that the government opposes making such payments.
"The government policy remains no financial compensation," she said Friday.
In his report, special UN rapporteur on racism, Doudou Diene, suggested a reparation for the head tax charged on Chinese immigrants to enter Canada between 1885 and 1923.
The tax ranged from $50 to $
500 and is estimated to have totalled $23 million.
more at...
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/03/12/
cana
da/un_pay040312
Last Updated Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:45:55
HALIFAX - Canada should consider compensating Chinese and black communities for past acts of discrimination, a draft United Nations report says.
But Jean Augustine, the minister for multiculturalism, told The Canadian Press that the government opposes making such payments.
"The government policy remains no financial compensation," she said Friday.
In his report, special UN rapporteur on racism, Doudou Diene, suggested a reparation for the head tax charged on Chinese immigrants to enter Canada between 1885 and 1923.
The tax ranged from $50 to $
500 and is estimated to have totalled $23 million.
more at...
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/03/12/
cana
da/un_pay040312