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我会去，希望大家周日下午也一定去，具体情况可以同华人中心联络咨询，也是她们告诉我这个消息的（非常感谢她们）。关于这一事件的一些简单背景：

1880年——加拿大为建筑横贯全国的铁路，引进了15，000华工
1885年——工程结束，为防止华工眷属来加，开征$50/人的人头税（chinese head tax)
1900年——涨至$100/人
1904年——涨至$500/人（相当于当时购买一幢房产的金额）

1923年，政府承认人头税法案不公，予以废除，但已经征收的总额达2300万加元。相当于现在的12亿加元。同时又推出禁止华人移民的新法案（exclusion act），直至1947年方废除。

上个世纪，加拿大对日本、犹太人、意大利人、德国人和印度人等都曾经实施过不同的不平等待遇法案，但经斗争争取，这些国家均获得道歉或赔偿。望思考、更盼行动

睡梦罗汉

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还不知道市政府在哪里？？


请告诉时间地点，这样大家好去阿！！！

睡梦罗汉

不过有两个办法：一个是周日下午3：30～4：00之间在华人服务中心集合一起去。如果这样不方便，可以先打电话给8611665，向董小姐咨询一下，刚刚我打过电话，暂时没人接，所以方便的话就请直接联系一下。

谢谢

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The present is to request your presence and that of our association at an afternoon activity on Sunday, 27 February 2005 organized by the Chinese community of Quebec and the City of Montreal to recognize the sacrifices and social, cultural and economic contributions of the early Chinese Canadian pioneers who arrived in Quebec province and Canada before 1923 as laborers and who were affected by the Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act which was enacted on July 2, 1923.
  
       Starting at 14h00, meeting place at Complexe Guy Favreau, entrance rue de Lagauchetière, we will provide a short historical tour of Montreal Chinatown for media and VIPs such as yourself, and later on from 16h00- 18h00, an official ceremony will be held at Montreal City Hall, 275 Notre-Dame Street East commemorating these early Chinese Canadian pioneers and their families.
  
  The ceremony is co-organized by City of Montreal and  community associations, such as the Chinese Canadian Redress  Alliance, the Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal (CFSGM), the National Congress of Chinese Canadians- Quebec Section, the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals of Quebec, the Montreal Chinese  Community United Centre, and the Centre for Research- Action and Race Relations  (CRARR), in support of the Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act Redress campaign, which calls upon the Canadian government to officially acknowledge and redress the hardship and contributions of these individuals and their families.

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对于故人来说，废除人头税已经很满足了，可喜可喜！

对于今天生活在加拿大的人来说，废除人头税离真正提高当今华人地位这个层次，还差他奶奶的十万八千里！

不要这么快就象狗一样向加拿大政府讨好、摇尾巴！…有种的，做点事情出来，让加拿大政府向华人讨好、摇尾巴！

鬼鬼见愁愁

补充一句：不明白集会是什么意思？


如果是去庆祝，请自便！……如果是去闹事，鬼爷倒是感兴趣，最好大家带些红漆和黑狗血，好好地搞一番！