Bristol-Cruiser
Super Anarchist
Oh details, details! It was a form of immaculate conception. Can you have that with a Communist?
A Canadian snowbird would like an answer.
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Bristol-Cruiser
Super Anarchist
It seems odd to me. In this regard there are first-class American citizens and second-class American citizens. Seems to me that any American citizen should be eligible to be the big cheese. Canada has had four PMs born outside the country from Sir John A to John Turner. Maybe we decided to kick out Turner because he was not a first-class citizen. I think it is only a matter of time until we have a PM born in India, China, or the Philippines since they are by far our biggest sources of immigrants.
spankoka
Super Anarchist
There was no such thing as Canadian citizenship until 1947. Everyone in the Empire used to be a British Subject-which is what makes the Komagatu Maru incident clearly a racial thing. I don't know how the "natural born" thing is reconciled with equality under the law, but I'm no constitutional scholar.
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Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
That's interesting, never heard of this incident before. Makes it look like the whole of HM's gov't was really intent on suppressing revolt in India.
Do you suppose the result would have been different if they'd left from an Indian port, non-stop, as it says the law required? The "revolutionary" agitators didn't help either.
spankoka
Super Anarchist
No, it was a racial thing. The anti-Chinese riot was fresh in everyone's memory in Vancouver at the time. The best thing for London/the Raj to have done is let their troublemakers leave India. Presumably, there was a lack of communication within the Empire here. The first immigration officer to meet the Komagatu Maru, was hockey star Cyclone Taylor.
