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The act gave the Canadian government control over Indigenous identity, political practices, governance, cultural practices, and education. [17] One of the underlying motivations in the act was to enforce a policy of assimilation, to prohibit Indigenous peoples from practicing their own cultural, political, and spiritual beliefs.
The Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act (French: Loi empêchant les participants à des émeutes ou des attroupements illégaux de dissimuler leur identité, Bill C-309) is a private member's bill, criminalising the actions of protesters who cover their faces during tumultuous demonstrations and introducing a five-year prison sentence for ...
The Immigration Act of 1869 was intended to encourage immigrants to settle the Canadian West, [3] [1] as well as re-enacting controls previously enacted by the British North American colonies. (Responsibility for legislating the controls had shifted from the former colonies to the Dominion as a result of the Canadian Confederation in 1867.) [ 4 ]
The maple leaf is the symbol most associated with Canadian identity. Canadian identity refers to the unique culture, characteristics and condition of being Canadian, as well as the many symbols and expressions that set Canada and Canadians apart from other peoples and cultures of the world.
August 22 – August 30 - Rail workers strike shuts down much of the Canadian economy; October 31 - The oil pipeline linking Edmonton to Sarnia is completed; November 28 - Canada joins onto the Colombo Plan; December 18 - Korean War: First Canadian troops arrive in Korea.
The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era), [1] was a Canadian Act of Parliament passed by the government of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914) is history of Canada from the formation of the Dominion to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Canada had a population of 3.5 million, residing in the large expanse from Cape Breton to just beyond the Great Lakes, usually within a hundred miles or so of the Canada–United States border.
First Canadian Citizenship ceremony on 3 January 1947 at the Supreme Court of Canada. Canadian citizenship, as a status separate from British nationality, was created by the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946, which came into effect on 1 January 1947. (Although passed in 1946, it is often referred to as the "1947 Citizenship Act" because it came ...