By Amy Go (President) and Gary Yee (Vice President) On June 22, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper stood in the House of Commons and delivered a formal apology for the Chinese Head Tax and the subsequent Chinese Exclusion Act. For those of us who had spent more than two decades organizing and advocating for redress, …
Twenty Years After Chinese Head Tax Apology: Has Redress Made a Difference? Read More »
The Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice (CCNC-SJ) is pleased to announce that, together with the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC) and a number of other groups, it has been granted leave to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada case of English Montreal School Board v. Attorney General of Quebec. CCNC-SJ …
Susan Eng, a trailblazing civic leader, tireless advocate for human rights, and a fearless lawyer who called power to account, passed away on July 26, 2025, surrounded by her beloved family. She was 72. Born in Toronto as a daughter of a head-tax payer, Susan saw firsthand the impact of discriminatory government policies on minority …
Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change and a coalition of civil society groups are alarmed that Bill C-2, The Strong Borders Act erodes the rights of refugee claimants to due process and access to justice. The proposed changes can put them at grave risk. The federal government introduced Bill C-2 on Tuesday, June 3 …
Joint Statment: Canada Puts Refugee Claimants at Risk Read More »