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.