STEVEN HAPPER 重申为人头税向CHINESE道歉!
Harper reiterates call for Chinese head tax apology
04 January 2006
TORONTO - In a campaign speech outlining his party’s position on immigration, Conservative leader Stephen Harper reiterated his support for an apology for the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act.
In speaking to an audience largely made up of new Canadians, Harper said:
“It is tough to immigrate to Canada and it will probably never be easy. In the past it was harder, sometimes unjustifiably unfair. That’s why, for example, our Chinese Canadian community deserves an apology for the Head Tax and appropriate acknowledgement and redress of that wrong.”
On December 8, 2005, Harper issued a statement in which he said, “The Conservative Party has long recognized the terrible historical wrong of the Chinese head tax. It is time for Parliament and the Government of Canada to recognize this grave injustice, and to apologize for it.”
( Statement by Stephen Harper on Chinese head tax redress)
Recent media reports indicate that Liberal ministers such as David Emerson and Ujjal Dosanjh are running against their own government’s refusal to issue an apology for the Chinese head tax, while Paul Martin and Multiculturalism Minister Raymond Chan continue to support the government’s controversial position on the issue.
“This is yet another example of Liberals now running against their own record,” said Conservative campaign co-chair John Reynolds. “This is a clear sign of a government in panic mode, with ministers starting to contradict the official government position."
