PM Harper meets with Head Tax Survivors and community redress leaders in Vancouver
The BC Coalition of Head Tax Payers, Spouses and Descendants, quickly organized a meeting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to meet with surviving head tax payers and descendants. This was similar to when the Coalition organized a meeting of Head Tax payers, spouses and descendants to meet with Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney, earlier the same day when Kenney addressed the “town meeting” community consultation back in April. Head Tax payer Charlie Quan was there, as well as 83 year old Gim Wong, the WW2 Veteran who rode his motorcycle to Ottawa last year to ask then PM Paul Martin for an apology for Chinese Head Tax. The BC Coalition had a meeting following their meeting with PM Harper, and the atmosphere was very jubilant. Head tax descendant and spokesperson Karin Lee presented the BC Coalition's proposal directly to the PM, which calls for redress compensation for each head tax certificate, rather than limiting to only 1st generation descendants such as sons and daughters. On the BC Coalition we feel that a “one payment – one certificate” compensation package is the most fair. For example in some families, only the grandchildren are the surviving descendants now. As well, my 95 year old grandmother still holds her father's brother's head tax certificate. Her uncle's wife and son died before he could bring them to Canada due to the exclusion act. He never saw his son. |
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PM Harper meets with head tax survivors in Vancouver to talk about
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