Donald Trump’s ugly tweet captured beliefs and sentiments that have deep roots—in Canada
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What Canada’s ‘Yellow Peril’ teaches us about this migrant moment
History has plenty to tell us about this moment of fraught borders—and about the consequences of racist government policies
Watch: Justin Trudeau apologizes for 1914 Komagata Maru incident
The Prime Minister gave Canada’s formal apology for a dark incident in the country’s history
From 1914 to 1939 to now
Bob Rae recalls the historical precedents for the MV Sun Sea.
The curse of the Komagata Maru: More on that Unfortunate Event in Surrey
Well, huh. How about that? Apparently, my entirely uninformed theorizing on what might have gone so horribly wrong in Surrey last weekend was pretty darned close to what actually took place.
Komagata Maru: With apologies to …
Or rather, with seemingly insufficient apologies, judging from the reaction to the Stephen Harper’s latest foray into ethnic apologolitics.