Why Did People Come To Canada
The Komagata Maru
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Who was involved in this incident?
Why had people decide to leave their home countries and come to Canada?
Why were the people on the ship only the ones to not get a visa that easily (the race)?
How could have the people on the ship come into Canada?
How many people were on the ship?
When did this happen?
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Laws became more strict and discriminating
At the time Canada needed people to fertilize the western farmland, but they preferred those from the US, Britain or northern Europe At this point India had been a British colony for 200 years
Singh (Gurdit Singh- the one who organised the ship) believed British citizens should be allowed to freely visit any country in the Commonwealth
The ship left Hong Kong on April 4,1914, making stops in Shanghai and Japan
Information of the ship quickly reached Vancouver, where they wanted no …show more content…
A farmer's profit could sometimes be wiped out simply by the shipping costs. Another problem was the high cost of storing grain. Grain elevator companies bought wheat at low prices and sold it when world prices were high
In 1901, western farmers formed a powerful new organization called the Territorial Grain Growers Association. The association demanded lower shipping rates and even built its own grain elevators. It stored grain for farmers far more cheaply than the private companies Recent immigrants
Then
The federal government (of Sir Wilfrid Laurier) started policies to attract immigrants to Canada. Newcomers were needed from many places around the world to live on farms in the West, and also to work on the railways and in the mines and lumber camps. The result was that Canada became a more diverse country during the industrial period. By 1912, almost one-fifth of the population was neither French, English nor Aboriginal in
Step 2:
Who was involved in this incident?
Why had people decide to leave their home countries and come to Canada?
Why were the people on the ship only the ones to not get a visa that easily (the race)?
How could have the people on the ship come into Canada?
How many people were on the ship?
When did this happen?
Step 3:
Laws became more strict and discriminating
At the time Canada needed people to fertilize the western farmland, but they preferred those from the US, Britain or northern Europe At this point India had been a British colony for 200 years
Singh (Gurdit Singh- the one who organised the ship) believed British citizens should be allowed to freely visit any country in the Commonwealth
The ship left Hong Kong on April 4,1914, making stops in Shanghai and Japan
Information of the ship quickly reached Vancouver, where they wanted no …show more content…
A farmer's profit could sometimes be wiped out simply by the shipping costs. Another problem was the high cost of storing grain. Grain elevator companies bought wheat at low prices and sold it when world prices were high
In 1901, western farmers formed a powerful new organization called the Territorial Grain Growers Association. The association demanded lower shipping rates and even built its own grain elevators. It stored grain for farmers far more cheaply than the private companies Recent immigrants
Then
The federal government (of Sir Wilfrid Laurier) started policies to attract immigrants to Canada. Newcomers were needed from many places around the world to live on farms in the West, and also to work on the railways and in the mines and lumber camps. The result was that Canada became a more diverse country during the industrial period. By 1912, almost one-fifth of the population was neither French, English nor Aboriginal in