That's Not Fair- by: Macy and Mickey

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to get a seat in the "good" area of a theater because he was black. The man tried to take the matter to court, but the courts decided the theater had the right to decide who was allowed to sit in their seats. 

What happened?
 A black man went to watch a movie and wasn't allowed to go sit in the "good" seats because of his skin color. This man decided to take his matter to court and the judge said " the theater should be able to choose where the people sit. 

Why was it unjust?
It was unjust because if you were born black then that means you are who you are and you should not be treated any different then white people. If a black man wants to go to the movie and sit in the good area he/she should be able to without anybody saying he can not. And if the court wants to say that the theater should be able to choose where the people get to sit they should not just move people with skin other then white.

Did it go against the Charters of Rights and Freedoms?
yes, it did because there is a law against racial acts called the equality rights.

Would it happen today?
It most likely it would not happen today known there is a law against it. Also if the theater were to do that then they would get in trouble because it is going against human rights.

racial discrimination (MadissonW)

      Racial discrimination was when people who are black weren't treated fairly. people who were black couldn't do stuff that people who were white could do and that wasn't fair. this is against the charter rights and freedoms because everyone should be treated equal but not liking someone because someone says they're "colored". this could happen today like not letting someone be friends with them an facebook because they're black and stuff like that.

Women's voting rights

 Joss (:
In the 1900's there was a lot of rules who could or could not vote.but the women really wanted their right to vote. Then it happened they got the the right to vote in federal elections. But you had to be twenty one. then in 1970 then government decided to put the age you have to be to vote down to eighteen. Not letting women vote what's comparing men and women and it was saying that men were better and just because women were different meant that they should not vote. I think that it would not happen today. Today we are all equal and no one looks down on another person because there a girl.

Ambreah's Social

In 1885 the federal government, passed a law to restrict all Chines from immigrating to Canada. This was called the Chines Immigration Act of 1885. The only way the Chines could get in is if they paid a $50 fee per person just to enter the country. The only Chinese individuals exempted from the entrance fee were diplomats, government representatives, tourists, merchants, “men of science” and students.  In 1900 the amount was raised to $100 per person. In 1903 the amount was raised to $500 per person. This act superseded in 1923 by the Chinese Immigration act of 1923 also known as the Chinese Exclusion act, which banned Chinese immigration entirely.

It was unjust because any other race could enter Canada except for certain Chinese people, and if they did want to enter Canada they had to pay a fee of $100 dollars which was a lot at the time.  So the Chinese who were trying to enter Canada probably came to create a better and safer life for his or her family and they probably didn’t have much money so they can’t enter Canada.

It was against the Charter of rights and freedoms because, one of the rights is Equality rights and discriminating the Chinese is against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I don’t think it would happen today because we already have Chinese people living all over Canada, and we understand that we would be going against the charter of Rights and Freedoms. A lot of people understand not to be racist, so I don’t think it would happen today.

Voting Rights Camryn

For a long time in Canada only certain people that had the right to vote. Women weren’t allowed to vote until 1918 and Asian Canadian could not vote until 1948. First Nation people who lived on reserves weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. For many years voting in Canada was restricted for certain groups. For more than one hundred years, individuals and groups have pressured the government to expand the right to vote to include more citizens. Over time laws on voting have changed so more citizens can participate and share in decisions that might affect them. The right that this went against is every citizen has the right to vote in an election of a member of the house of commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership of therein. 

The Chinese immigration act (1885) ADAM ROEMMELE

In 1885, Canada passed a law that would force Chinese people to pay $50 to enter the country. This is unfair because Since the average Chinese person makes less than $1 a day, it took a while to save up this money. In 1900, the bill was raised to $100, then, in 1903, $500 dollars, which was a small fortune to most people at the time. After that, Canada passed another law the only allows 1 Chinese immigrant per 50.8 tonnes of the ship they were sailing on. which means that 10 Chinese people could sail on a boat weighing 508 tonnes. this law goes against the charters Equality Rights, which means that everyone will be treated equally under the law, and since this law only affected Chinese people, it does go against the charter. So the Chinese should be able to enter the country without paying any fees. I do not think that it would happen today because some important Chinese people might need to come to Canada, but they'd have to travel on a boat, or pay lots of money, which would probably impact their opinion of Canada.

voting rights by: Raquel

We all know about voting. In fact, just recently we had an election! As you now know, Rachel Notley is now prime minister of Alberta, and if we were talking federally, then our premier is Steven Harper. We elected them both through voting. We live in a democratic society, where everyone has the right to vote (everyone the age of 18 and over, who has lived in Alberta for more than six months prior to the election, and federally, you have 18, and you have to be a Canadian citizen). It wasn't always that way though. Women were fighting the right to vote for a long time, and in 1917, their wish was finally granted. Women got the right to vote federally! They kept pursuing what they thought was right, and they finally got it! However, some people still didn't have the right to vote! Who were they? Well, the Asian-Canadians couldn't vote until 1948! That's 31 years later! Then there was the Inuit, who couldn't vote until 1950, two years after the Asian-Canadians. Ten years later (1960), first nations people living on the reserves gained the triumph of the ability to vote. Then the age for voting was lowered from 21 to 18. Fresh new faces eager to vote! Voting is an important thing that holds up our democracy, and I'm glad everyone (under the regulations) is now allowed to vote.

Racial discrimination tanner

        In 1918 a man was not allowed to get a seat in the food part of the theatre because he was black. It was unjust because all people should be treated equally. Just because there skin colour is different doesn't mean there bad. It is unfair and would be aufle to live with every one calling you names and saying bad things about you because your another race. Yes it goes against the carter of rights and freedoms because it goes against their equality rights. I don't think it would happen today because people are more accepting that yes some people that were in there race did bad things. But most people have gotten over that and accept that that has passed and that it was only some people.

Racial Discrimination: Lauren Gomez

Everybody should have the same amount of rights no matter their skin color. That was not always the case for a long time, and unfortunately people are still being discrimanated today. A black man wanted to get a good seat in a theater, but the theater didn't allow him to because he was not white. Obviously the man was not pleased with this, so he took his dilemma to court. The court said that the theater could choose who they wanted to sit in their theater. This event only happened in 1918, which is not that long ago! Racial discrimination is a terrible thing and makes no sense. In the U.S.A white people and different colored people had different bathrooms and places to get a drink. It doesn't matter what your skin color is because we are all the same.

The War Measures Act (Holden)

In world war one, there were may Ukrainian people who were put in prison camps. This was unjust because, Ukrainians are people to you can't just shove random people in prison camps. This goes against the charter of right and freedoms because in the charter it says that all races have these rights. I think it would not happen today because we have signed peace treaty's, back then some people would take people of different cultures and keep them hostage, but today we don't really do that any more.    

Racial discrimination by Brody

I'm 1918 a man was denied seats in a theatre  because he was black
This was very unjust  because everyone is equal and should be treated fairly. This heavily violated the charter of rights and freedoms because everyone has the right to not be discriminated against and equal treatment.this probably wouldn't of happened today because you  can take someone to Supreme Court for violating your rights.

The war measures act (Ethan)

During the world war many of the Ukrainian people were born in Canada and most of them were put in a prison camp. This also happened to many of the Japanese people in the second world war. This was unjust because i think this is unjust because they were born in Canada you can't throw these people in a prison camp. They have the right today maybe not back then but today people have the right to confess themselves to the judge. But back then they were there just because they were born in Canada. This to me should be against the charter rights and freedoms but this could be allowed but to me this should be against because it seems that they are putting these people in prison camps just because they were born in Canada. These people should have a say in why they should be in the prison camp. if this was happening today this is not right because first they would probably be sent to see a judge to confess then if they are guilty they are there but if there not then there fine and won't be sent to the prison camp. That's why i think this is against the charter rights and freedoms.

                    Racial Discrimination

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to seat in the good area of the theatre because he was black. The man tried to take the matter to court, but the courts decided that the theatres had the right to decide who was able to seat in their seats.

 In my opinion I think that Racial Discrimination is terrible, but if you lived in the U.S.A or Canada and new people came you would either be scared our curios, but most people were scared so they didn’t treat new people right and if you grew up with people being mean to Black people you would learn to be mean to them to. Some people may say well if I was alive when Racial Discrimination was around I would change it but would you have known any better.

 One of the reasons I think it was unjust was when Black people came they were humans to there is no reason they should have been treated differently than normal people but the sad thing is that they didn’t care our know.

For the charter rights and freedoms the Racial Discrimination would not pass the rules of the freedoms.

     

Emma - Racial Discrimination

Racial Discrimination

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to get a seat in a certain area of a theater because he was black. He was discriminated because of the color of his skin. It is not fair that he was treated differently just because of the way he was born. The color of someone’s skin shouldn’t restrict them from doing certain things. It went against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because the Equality Rights say that everyone has to be treated equally, no matter what their religion, gender, or skin color is. I don’t think that would happen today because even though at that time, Canadians did not always respect people’s rights and freedoms, but Canada has changed since then. Everybody should be treated equally, and everyone should respect each other, no matter what.

                    Racial Discrimination

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to seat in the good area of the theatre because he was black. The man tried to take the matter to court, but the courts decided that the theatres had the right to decide who was able to seat in their seats.

 In my opinion I think that Racial Discrimination is terrible, but if you lived in the U.S.A or Canada and new people came you would either be scared our curios, but most people were scared so they didn’t treat new people right and if you grew up with people being mean to Black people you would learn to be mean to them to. Some people may say well if I was alive when Racial Discrimination was around I would change it but would you have known any better.

 One of the reasons I think it was unjust was when Black people came they were humans to there is no reason they should have been treated differently than normal people but the sad thing is that they didn’t care our know.

For the charter rights and freedoms the Racial Discrimination would not pass the rules of the freedoms. For the reasons everyone should be treated fairly

     

THE INDIAN ACT

Soon after Canada became a country, it passed the Indian act.  These laws put Indian agent in charge of all first nations people in Canada.  First Nations people who lived on reserves had to get a permit from the Indian agent to go into town, to sell their own cattle, or just do about anything else on their own land.  The Indian act was passed into law on April 1985 to bring the Indian act into line with gender equality under the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.  It was unjust because they were discriminating First Nations people by not using racial equality .  My opinion would be that it wouldn't happen today because the Canadian government is a fair government.

Olivia Grant-Voting Rights in Canada

 Voting Rights in Canada

What Happened?

Minority groups were denied the right to vote. The only people allowed to vote were rich male Canadian citizens 18 and over.

Why it was unjust?

All groups should be able to have the right to express their opinion. Not just a small group of people who fit a certain standard.

Whether it went against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

It went against the fundamental freedoms, the democratic rights and the equality rights. In the fundamental freedoms it says you have the freedom of belief but back then minority groups were not allowed to share their beliefs. The democratic rights state says you have the right to vote but they didn’t. Also in the equality rights it say they have equal benefits which minority groups did not have.

Do you think it would happen today?

Not in Canada, people now realize that everyone should be treated equal. All people are important no matter their gender color of skin or religious belief. People nowadays accept that.

THAT'S NOT FAIR ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What happened: A black man was not allowed to get good seats in a theater because he was black. The black man took matters to court and the judge said "the theater gets to choose who gets the seats!"

This is unjust because in the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms every one back or white should be treated the same  way.

It was against the Charter of rights and every person should be treated like every body else.

This is something that I wouldn't think would happen today, but its possible that somebody may offend another person like that today

S̥ͦḁͦm̥ͦ's̥ͦ r̥ͦe̥ͦp̥ͦo̥ͦr̥ͦt̥ͦ o̥ͦn̥ͦ r̥ͦḁͦc̥ͦi̥ͦḁͦl̥ͦ d̥ͦi̥ͦs̥ͦc̥ͦr̥ͦi̥ͦm̥ͦi̥ͦn̥ͦḁͦt̥ͦi̥ͦo̥ͦn̥ͦ

It was agents the charter of rights and freedoms the charter of rights and freedoms means everyone gets treated the some No matter what there religion was or what they believed in or what color of skin they had. Chinese people had to pay 500$ to get into Canada just because of there haretege that's change now that the charter of rights and freedoms came alone

The Chinese Immigration Act Kate

  In 1885 a law was made that forced most Chinese immigrants to pay $50 to move to Canada. In 1900 the fee was raised to $100 and then in 1903 it was raised again to $500.
  This law was created to slow the Chinese immigrants from entering Canada, so it was naturally unjust. No one else had to pay the tax except for the Chinese. It was very hard to pay the tax as well, most Chinese people earned less than $1 a day, so $500 dollars would be almost three years wages a small fortune.
  This law went against the rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, specifically Equality rights. These rights state that no person should be treated differently because of race, gender, religion, etc. Because of their race, the Chinese had to pay more than other people, so this goes against the rights.
 Unfortunately, back then we thought it was right to restrict the Chinese from coming into our country, but this would not happen today. We know that the Chinese are equal and that they should be treated equally. We know that everyone has rights, and that the Chinese Immigration Act was incredibly unfair.

                            Racial Discrimanation By:Nicole Gray

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to seat in the good area of the theatre because he was black. The man tried to take the matter to court, but the courts decided that the theatres had the right to decide who was able to seat in their seats.

 In my opinion I think that Racial Discrimination is terrible, but if you lived in the U.S.A or Canada and new people came you would either be scared our curios, but most people were scared so they didn’t treat new people right and if you grew up with people being mean to Black people you would learn to be mean to them to. Some people may say well if I was alive when Racial Discrimination was around I would change it but would you have known any better.

 One of the reasons I think it was unjust was when Black people came they were humans to there is no reason they should have been treated differently than normal people but the sad thing is that they didn’t care our know.

Quebec men were not allowed in movie theaters. they took it to court but the court said the movie theater could choose who was allowed in the theater. it was in just because anyone should be allowed in a theater. nobody should be treated that way just because there skin is a different color. this also goes agents the charter of rights and freedom. I don't think something like this would happen. people would be allowed in a movie theater if there skin was a diffrent color

The War Measures Act~ Madi N.

The War Measures Act

  During World War 1 (1914-1918), many people with a Ukrainian background were put in prison camps. Even if they were born in Canada but there parents or grandparent were born in Ukraine, they still could be taken to one of the camps. In World War 2 (1939-1945) the same thing happened to the citizens that had a Japanese heritage. In a camp in Topaz, Utah there were jobs that paid from $12-$19. A girl named Reiko Oshima Komoto wrote in her blog that "Medical doctors were paid nineteen dollars, while my Father received sixteen dollars for inspecting the camps bathrooms." People who were in the camps were lucky to have enough money to buy a house once they were out of the camp. It went against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it states that people from all heritages are Canadian citizens and should be treated equally. I don't think it would happen again if there was another World War but there still are many racist people.

The War Measures Act Brae

in the world war and world war 2 the Ukrainian and the Japanese were captured and put into prison camps then a bill was was passed were the federal government had control  over everyone the bill had no opposition the federal government then made factory's produce weapons and ammunition.
the reason the bill was unjust was because why would only Japanese and Ukrainians get put into prison camps and not anyone else. it did take away the right of the freedom because no one got a say in what they wanted to do, but no one opposed to the bill so they needed to follow the orders. i don't think it would happen but i could happen if we went into a war and we were in a big danger but since democracy we would still need to have a vote for the bill.

The War Measures act Hunter

In world war one and world war two the Ukrainians and Japanese were captured and put into prison camps then a bill was passed and the federal government was in total control. I think it was unjust for the Ukrainian and the Japanese because for no reason they got put in prison camps, and they did not get a say in what they wanted. It did go against the charter of rights and freedom because it took away the right of freedom, because they did not get to do their own thing. I do not think it would happen today, but I think it could happen.

Racial Discrimination (Mats)

In 1918, a Quebec man was not allowed to get a seat in the "good" area of a theater because he was black, The man tried to take the matter to court, but the courts decided the theater had the right to decide who was allowed to sit in their seats. I think this goes against the charter of rights and freedoms because it doesn't allow the man to sit were he wants to. I think all people no matter were they are from should have all the same rights as everyone else. I don't think would happen today because there are now rights for black people and other kinds of people. So today anybody could have the good area of a theater.

Chinese immigration act Abbie

                                                 Chinese immigration act 1885



every person born Chinese shall pay $50 except diplomatic corps,or government representatives,and their suite and their servants, consuls and consular agents,tourists merchants,men of science and students, who bearers of certificates of identity. A law stated that was passed saying only one Chinese immigrant could come to Canada for every 50.8 tons of the ship they were travelling on for that one voyage.That mean't that only 10 immigrants could come to Canada on a ship weighing 508 tons.

The Chinese immigration was unjust because Canada wouldn't let Chinese people come into Canada without paying a fee.  Or there was special people that didn't have pay the fee. The Chinese immigration act of 1885 was against the charter of rights section 6 mobility rights that state that a Canadian citizen has the right to live and move to different places in Canada with no trouble.

No I don't think that it could happen because the legislature of Canada is very strict of the rules and would most likely not let this happen to any Canadian citizen ever again.    

voting rights santana

Right know in Canada everyone can vote if they have lived in the area for 6 months in the area you are  voting in and you have to be at least 18. Right now it does not matter if you are part of the first nations or you have a different skin color or if you’re a women because everyone is equally important. But voting was not always like this in Canada, until 1970 the voting age was 21. Also women were not allowed  to vote but the 1918 they finely could unless they were first nation or something. Did you know that first nations could not vote till 1960. You may think that was a long time ago but what if you were someone that lived then and you could not vote because you are a girl or fist nation how would that make you feel? This is still happening in other places but it cannot happen  in Canada for now because it is against the  charter of rights and freedoms, because every one is equal and all deserve to vote. It does not matter if you are from a different contrey as long as you have been in that place that you are voting in for 6 muonths and are 18 or older you can vote.voting is in the democratic rights.

                                             Michela Kroker

Racial discrimination

             A man in 1885 not being able to get a good seat in the theatre because he was a different colour is not fair. Just because people are different colours doesn’t mean that you should treat people differently. God made us all different for a reason and we need to respect that. This goes against the equality right, this right says that people need to be treated the same whether they are a different colour or gender. I do not think that this would happen today because people are treated more equally now.  This is definitely not a fair circumstance and it is not right by any means. 

Eli's new Chinese Immigration Act of 1885=)

  The Chinese immigration Act of 1885 was the Canadian act where all Chinese immigrants had to pay $50 to come in to Canada, no one else had to pay the fee. In 1900 the fee was raised all the way to $100, this was very difficult to pay because most of the immigrants only earned $1 per day. In 1903 the fee was raised yet again all the way to $500. An average Chinese immigrant made that amount of money in 2 years. In a couple years the law changed yet again this time it wasn’t about how much they had to pay. The law was changed so that for every 50.8 tonnes of cargo only 1 Chinese immigrant could come, so if the boat was carrying 508 tonnes you could only have 10 Chinese immigrants. By 1923 they changed it so much that they completely didn’t allow Chinese to immigrate into Canada. This is more formally known as the Chines Exclusion Act of 1923. This went against the equality rights in the charter of rights and freedoms. I don’t believe that it could happen today because we are enforcing our rights and freedoms more than we were back then.

The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 (Kayden)

This acted charged Chinese people a tax of $50 to move to Canada. Most of the Chinese earned less then $1.00 a day, and it would take a long to time to save up all that money. Then in 1903, they had to pay $500 to move to Canada, and no one else had to pay that, except for the Chinese people. Later another law was passed, that only one Chinese immigrant could come to Canada for every fifty tons of the ship they were traveling on. That meant that only 10 immigrants could come to Canada on a ship weighing five hundred tons. I don not think at all that this stuff would ever happen today, and this does go against the charter of rights and freedoms.

The Chinese Immigration Act (Izzy)

The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 placed a tax on all Chinese immigrants moving to Canada. This law forced them to pay a fifty dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900, the fee was raised to 100 dollars, and in 1903 the fee was raised again to 500 dollars. Later, another law was passed declaring that only one Chinese immigrant could travel to Canada per 50 tons of the ship they were travelling on. That meant that if they were taking a 500 ton ship, only ten Chinese could travel on that ship. This act was also very unjust. It made the Chinese feel unwelcome, when really they are just as welcome as everyone else. This act was also very racist, as everyone except the Chinese could immigrate to the country without paying any money. This act also goes against The Charter of Rights and freedoms. It violates mobility rights, the right to move in, out, and around the country. It also violates equality rights, as the act promoted inequality by placing a tax on only Chinese immigrants. However, we can rest assured that nothing like this would ever happen today, as levels of discrimination have gone down significantly in many countries. We are now also protected from acts like this by The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885

The Chinese immigrants  had to pay a fee of $50 tax to move to Canada and by 1903 they would have to pay $500 to enter. It is unjust because it is discriminating the minority of Chinese immigrants and it would be very hard to pay it considering the fact that they only earned less than $1.00 a day. It went against the charter of rights and freedoms by not giving them equal rights to others. I don't think it would happen today because it goes against the charter of rights and freedoms and people would know that is not right because they took the act off at one point so they must of knew it was not right.

(Eli) Chinese Immigration Act of 1885

  The Chinese immigration Act of 1885 was the Canadian act where all Chinese immigrants had to pay $50 to come in to Canada, no one else had to pay the fee. In 1900 the fee was raised all the way to $100, this was very difficult to pay because most of the immigrants only earned $1 per day. In 1903 the fee was raised yet again all the way to $500. An average Chinese immigrant made that amount of money in 2 years. In a couple years the law changed yet again this time it wasn’t about how much they had to pay. The law was changed so that for every 50.8 tonnes of cargo only 1 Chinese immigrant could come, so if the boat was carrying 508 tonnes you could only have 10 Chinese immigrants. By 1923 they changed it so much that they completely didn’t allow Chinese to immigrate into Canada. This is more formally known as the Chines Exclusion Act of 1923. 

bacon

   In 1918, a man from Quebec was not allowed to sit in a good seat in a theater because he was black. The man also tried to take this problem into court but the judges sided with the theater and said that the theater could decide who got which seat.This was unjust because people should be allowed to sit where they want in a theater regardless of their skin color and he should have acted sooner instead of waiting to take the issue to court. This goes against the equality rights part of the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms. This would not happen today because we now have all these laws in place which would help to prevent something like this from happening again. The theaters are also not as racist today as they were back then. This issue is extremely racist and would not happen today.

Jackson Giles

In Canada, we used to charge Chinese people 50 dollars just to get into Canada well other foreigners from different countries paid nothing to enter Canada. Later the Chinese had to pay 500 dollars when most people only made 1 dollar a day. This was unjust because the Chinese did nothing to gain this amount of disrespect from Canada . Yes this did break one of the rights because you can't treat someone this way just by their looks and were they are from. I don't really think that this would happen today because something this big would not have slipped by the public so easy.

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in 1918 a Quebec man was not allowed to sit in a good seat at a play because it was considered the "good" area just because he was black.  the man tried to take it to court but the court decided that it was the theaters seats so they could choose who could sit there.

this is not fair because people should not be judged or made fun of just because they have a different skin  couler. just because they look different doesn't mean that your any worse or better than any one  else and we are all different and unique in our own different way.

I think that it was against the the charter rights and freedoms because they were not letting that man have any thing good or have any good things just because he is black.

I don't think that it would happen to day because people don't think that just because they have a different skin couler and most people think that just because there skin couler is different dosent mean that there any different

Chinese immagration act of 1885

Chinese Immigration act of 1885

By: Julia Zahorouski

  The Chinese Immigration act of 1885 placed a head tax on all Chinese immigrants coming to Canada, forcing them to pay a 50 dollar fee to enter the country. In 1900 the fee was raised to 100 dollars (Lots of money back then). In 1903 the amount was raised to 500 dollars! The equal amount of two years wages, which was a small fortune to the Chinese immigrant s as well as other Canadians at the time. Later another law was passed declaring that only 1 Chinese immigrant for every 50 tons of the ship they were travelling on for that one voyage could come over. That meant only 10 Chinese immigrants could come to Canada on a ship that weighs 500 tons! That is not fair to the families  of the immigrant that came to Canada because they would not be able to see their family again until they work and earned enough money to either bring their family over or to move back to wherever they came from.

   The Immigration act was not fair to the Charter rights and freedoms because they would not charge anyone else it was just the Chinese Immigrants coming to Canada and it was an unfair total money they had to pay it started out as 50 and in 8 years it got raised to 500 dollars even now that is quite a bit of money, imagine how much that would be back then if you compared it to now that would cost about 5000 dollars instead of 500!

The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885

The Chinese Immigration act made it that Chinese people who wanted to come to Canada had to pay a $50.00 fee to come into the country.  Later in 1900 the fee was raised to a hundred dollars. This was a lot of money back then because people didn’t have as much money as they do today. Three years after this in 1903 the fee was raised to $500.00. Later after all this another law was put in place that only one Chinese immigrant could come per very fifty tons. This meant that only ten people could come on a ship that weighed 500 ton tons and that made it very difficult to come from China to Canada. This goes against the charter because there is a right that says that everyone has the right to enter and leave Canada. This probably could happen today because there are lots of people who don't want people to come into Canada and they might raise a fee for immigrants. Later on in 1923 this law was superseded by the Chinese Immigration act of 1923.