jun 3, 1908 - Order in Council (853, 499)
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OIC re: minimum amount of funds required by Asiatic immigrants (REF 853, 499)
Minimum amount of $25 in possession required by all immigrants. This is increased to $200 for Asiatic immigrants. The reasoning for this is provided as follows: “Canada is looking primarily for immigrants of an agricultural class to occupy vacant lands, and as immigrants from Asia belong as a rule to labouring classes, and their language and mode of life render them unsuited for settlement in Canada where there are no colonies of their own people to ensure their maintenance in case of their inability to secure employment, it is necessary that provision be made so that such immigrants may be possessed of sufficient money to make them temporarily independent of unfavourable industrial conditions when coming into Canada”. This is enacted for all Asiatic immigrants other than those countries that Canada has special arrangements with or that have special statutory regulations.
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