Talk:Head tax (Canada)
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[edit] Disambiguation from "Head tax" and "Poll tax"
This article is named Head Tax. There is another article, Poll tax, which talks about the how this kind of tax has been used in different countries and times. The article Head tax (note that "t" is lowercase, instead of uppercase as in this article) redirects to Poll tax, not here. It would probably be less confusing if either:
- Head tax redirected here, and this article had a reference to Poll tax, or
- This article were renamed to Head Tax (Canada) or something more specific, and Head Tax redirected to the same place as Head tax.
Comments? (--Jdlh | Talk 23:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC))
- I agree with the renaming suggestion, specifically "Head tax (Canada)" and have done so accordingly! Amchow78 19:25, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV Problem " Wikipedia: No original research "
What is this: "As a result, these racist measures caused great pain and suffering to the most vulnerable, or impoverished, class of Chinese arrivals--those who were at the bottom of the economic ladder." That's extremely POVish. What sources do you have for the "great pain and suffering"???? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.82.215.23 (talk • contribs) 15:47, August 30, 2006
The word racist is used way too often in this article, I intend to try and balance this article. The article seems factually sound. Albion moonlight 08:08, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
I deleted this text. It seems hopelessly point-of-view, violating WP:NPOV, and violates the Wikipedia:Verifiable policy. If it's true, and someone can find the reliable sources to cite, I don't object to it being restored. --Jdlh | Talk 04:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Families, sometimes, entire villages, in China were required to raise and advance funds to the payer who spent several years in indentured servitude in Canada to pay off the debt. ....In 1909, William Lyon Mackenzie King, who was a Member of Parliament for the Canadian House of Commons before becoming Liberal Prime Minister, represented the British Empire at an anti-opium conference in Beijing. According to popular, Eurocentric scholarship, King told the Qing Dynasty that he would try to persuade the government in reducing the sum of the head tax if his Chinese counterparts could restrict Chinese migration to Canada. The relevance of this exchange remains a major source of contention, as further research (including sources in the Chinese language and dialogue in the House of Common Debates) affirms the Chinese Consul having made several, unsuccessful attempts to improve the treatment of Chinese in Canada and their status as loyal subjects, despite Canada's total disregard of its international obligations for the Chinese people.
I also delete the term "Liberal" in several places, since it looks like an attempt to inject 2006 election politics into the article in a non-neutral way. In general, this article has POV from many directions: POV against the unfairness of the head tax, POV in favour of the fairness of the head tax, POV in 2006 election politics, etc. --Jdlh | Talk 04:35, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Compensation
The following text was in Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, but I think it belongs in the Head tax article instead. The compensation is for the head tax, not for the exclusion ordered by the 1923 bill. Please feel free to use this text as you boldly improve this article. --Jdlh | Talk 03:37, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Pressure was put on British Columbia Member of Parliament and Liberal cabinet minister Raymond Chan during the 2006 general elections. The petitioners are seeking the same outcome as Japanese-Canadians received in the late 1980s.
- On June 22, 2006, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper while delivering a message of redress [1] for a head tax once applied to Chinese immigrants. Chinese-Canadian groups expect the government will also offer a multi-million-dollar compensation package to survivors who paid it, widows and their children.
