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.