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By Sid Chow Tan
Vancouver, British Columbia
Synopsis
Sid Chow Tan of the
Head Tax Families Society of Canada on the the continuing movement for
an inclusive just and honourable redress. Taped at the first Annual
General Meeting of the Society, which formed in the fall of 2006. The
Stephen Harper Conservative government's unilaterally imposed
settlement of June 22, 2006 has shut the door on the affected elderly
sons and daughters of head tax families. The Society was formed in the
aftermath to pursue this issue of justice and honour for pioneer
Chinese families which the government turned into "photo ops and
pandering for votes."
Eric Chan did main shot with archive footage from Saltwater City
Television Collective. Mary Chan, unrelated to Eric, did the
whip-cracking!
Former Van East MP Margaret Mitchell Honoured:
Receives Lifetime Membership in Head Tax Families Society of Canada
Vancouver, BC - Margaret Mitchell, Member of Parliament for Vancouver
East (New Democrat) from 1979 to 1993, was the recipient of an
honourary lifetime membership in Head Tax Families Society of Canada.
She received the unanimous approval of directors for her long-time
efforts to call for a just and honourable redress for Chinese head tax
and exclusion legislation from 1885 - 1947.
Beginning in 1983 on behalf of constituents Mak Dak Lee and Shack Lee,
head tax payers, Ms. Mitchell was the first MP to raised the issue in
the Commons and continues to champion an inclusive redress for head
tax families.
Time: 11:00am
Date: Sunday November 25, 2007
Place: SUCCESS Choi Hall, 28 W. Pender Street, Vancouver
As an NDP Member of Parliament, Margaret Mitchell inspired generations
of women with her public stand against "wife beating" with her vocal
support for women's equality. She spent 14 years in the Commons
advocating for affordable housing, multiculturalism, and the rights of
poor people. Ms Mitchell worked tirelessly on issues that are alive
today, including redress for the Chinese Head Tax, and childcare. The
Margaret Mitchell Fund for Women, which Ms. Mitchell established after
her retirement, continues to support women's self-help projects and
scholarships. Her book, No Laughing Matter: Adventure, Activism and
Politics, is due shortly with proceeds of book sales to accrue to the
fund.
The Head Tax Families Society of Canada is today's Canadians on a
twenty-three year struggle for an inclusive redress with justice and
honour for affected head tax families. Go to www.headtaxfamilies.ca
for more information.
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