a SU = D4 Castlegar News March 27, 1985 Y e in Women affected by Act Bilingualism should WINNIPEG (CP) — It took Mah Sing Lin Wong 39 It meant that Chinese men who had left their Pp years before she was allowed to live in the same country _ economically depressed villages to find work in North By EDISON STEWART ——_— as her husband. America before 1923 were unable to send for their wives OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government should “take ome ah ee reedeee Meveneee core apecial whe died Now 91 and a widow, Wong was one of hundreds of and children and they couldn't afford to return to their appropriate action” with its financial and regulatory muscle heartfelt gratitude to all people , F ago. people caught when Canada passed the Chinese homeland because of the scarcity of jobs there. to expand bilingualism to some areas of the private sector, vino, despite the cold ond wet Our hearis ery remembering req | Immigration Act of 1923, which barred virtually all Leatrice Lam, an administrator of a Winnipeg Official Languages Commissioner D'Iberville Fortier said he deceased and for together Chinese immigration to this country until its repeal in seniors’ residence, is writing a book on the reminiscences Tuesday. Genty we bring ow fuse 1947. of women affected by the act. “It is only logical that when government contributes to [ omaprerey end love what you Ms was iopsoet to discourage cheap “coolie” labor but private-sector activity via oe = rea , ve given us 5 its effeet was devestating on members of Chinese families . nele in ‘ control, the official-languages needs of the public should District gets, bry ‘Connor igen pean 7 . who Mappeced to be on different continents when tle act Ie at sot areaiaally tlw Lat Oat be nna taken into account, the former diplomat said in his first you, Grace, 4 was pas : . ; ; dashed by the 1923 law. report as commissioner. - = ; ‘ong was married in her Canton village of Chill Moreover, any Crown corporations sold to the private King in 1915. Her husband, a migratory laborer, had ; : : ; sector “should retain the language-related responsibilities spent three years in Canada before the wedding, and Canada, and raised five children, including Leatrice, who thay now have.” ned neyelpenrad returned her shortly after the marriage. was born in 1982. However, Fortier stressed in an interview “there is no A vision of memory comes to “After a few years, I wanted to come here and be “In my house I always had a lot of uncles but no | question of shoving obligations down the throat of the LEE A iy cdsiagiar Vode Bile with him,” Wong said in an interview through an unts,” Lam aid. “As I grew older, I realized the wives private sector. ; WE WOULD LIKE to express our A nome that remains unforgot interpreter at her Winnipeg home. “But then the law was Were back in China. We were the surrogate family for “It is, to my mind, to be done in relatively specific areas sincere thanks to all our dear ten enacted and it became impossible.” these men. They'd spend holidays with us and other where the notion of language service to the public is OF Kew macy sinnploss nights From their marriage in 1915 until 1954 when she _SPecial occasions.” concerned or important.” Hoping 10 see your foce once | finally moved to Canada, Wong’s husband made six visits While the Exclusion Act has been well documented He cited national sports associations as an example of Looking through the churning home. She raised three children by herself during that by historians, Lam says there has been little research government-subsidized groups which should provide ser- crowd time. into how it affected women. vices in both languages. Adjusting to Western society at the age of 60 was Lam related a story of how another Chinese husband NEEDS STUDY of you not easy, Wong said. came to Canada shortly before the act was passed and He added the government would determine what And nee | quae upuard te: he “I really didn't want to come,” she said, explaining didn’t return to China for 26 years. “approrpiate action” would be required from case to case And the silent moon that by 1954 she was fully established in China. “By then his wife was 44 years old and well past the after study. pre pepper Air cork) gare The legislation, also known as the Exclusion Act, was child-bearing years,” Lam said. “She felt so strongly that Entitled Renewal or Reversal, the 1984 report says the momery the final blow in a series of measures Ottawa invoked she had been denied the chance of raising a family, she Official Languages Act of 1969 has reached a turning point. Meryl agers npe boro against the Chinese. arranged a second marriage for him.” “The first thing that strikes one is that, for all its Seidl sharks to Der sehnaon, Asa husband (father, gran In 1885, a $50 head tax was imposed on Chinese With the approval of his wife, the man had a considerable successes, the Canadian model of official nurses ond stoft of Co +, dfather) immigrants. This was raised to $100 in 1901 and to $500 in daughter by another woman, Lam said. bilingualism has by no means won the day,” the report says. Ho: ot: Gand we wal fer off Sime to come, 1904. Lam is hoping her book, supported by a $3,800 “A second impression is that there now exists a Wite Sendy end the Mon- The act was passed with the return of Canadian Canada Council Grant and tentatively titled Women Of tremendous opportunity, with a new government, to forge . , deliemace Fomnil troops to the job market after the First World War. The Golden Mountain, will be completed by September. ahead and make the linguistic reform truly irreversible.” | The 6.C. Heort Foundation oc Fottier urged the government to press ahead “as cepts with gratitude “In vigorously as possible” to set its own house in order: “At the Memoriam. Geneiions which resent rate there is no reason to suppose that the hel He [ h. 4 Pi Cords vent to next-olkin, Box ( h eers maadcazine oes UN d er distribution, quality, and availability of federal services in 3023, Castlegar, B.C. _—52. English and French will be equal by the year 2000.” Fottier also warned the government drive to hold down Wonete Rd. ot Beever Gs, Tra 367-7822) BUCK HAVEN Outdoor Power Equipment of passion and in: 2.23 Acres — $41,900 $49, co best century. Incl the huge cast is Anthony An- drews as the decadent Emperor Nero. five days (Sunday, March 31 miniseries “A.D.," which takes through Thursday, April 4) to tell ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY And neither wos the epic NBC its s in NEW LISTING The view trom this property is breathtoking. Approximately 2 acres located on the upper Genelle Bench where the old reservoir used to be. Call Dave or Peter Today * SPECIAL * SUBDIVIDABLE * $59,900 Lam said her own mother moved to Vancouver with ind you get wnmower. 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PANEL: 8:00 p.m.: “How is the Arms Race Affec- ting Our Community & What Can we do About it?” All Welcome & No Charge & Drop in Anytime! VANCOUVER (CP) — based—outnext month orin high that, other than the Cheers, a magazine produced for the British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch, proved to be a less than cheerful undertaking for the magazine publisher who had the contract. The magazine has gone under. But liquor buyers won't suffer for liquor listing mat- erial or general reading mat- erial. The branch will have its quarterly listings catalogue — around which Cheers was CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY in Memoriam Donations. intor mation Box 3292, Castlegor. 365- ‘May. And it will begin dis- tribution in 20 stores of a wine magazine produced in Toronto. The company that publish. ed Cheers, Western Canada TV Week Ltd., lost money on the four issues of the mag: azine it put together since last March, assistant pub- lisher Karen Foss said. Advertising support by wineries, distillers, brewer- ies and their agents never developed, she said. The magazine's ad rates ($3,800 for a full page color ad was one quoted rate) were too expensive for the local wine and spirits industry, three agents said. national brands, no one could afford it,” said David Herman of David Herman and Son Ltd. Also interviewed were Darryl Weinbren, the presi- dent of Vintage Consultants Ltd., and Stuart Sandelson of International Vintners Ltd., president of the 45-member Import Vintners and Spirits Association. All three also said would be advertisers were con cerned about the distribution of Cheers. They do not be- lieve that most branch cus- tomers did any more than glance through Cheers once and then throw it away. David Medhurst, publisher pects his publication to have a longer and happier life than Cheers because it won't be a product guide and because it is intended as a national ad. vertising medium for na. tional organizations. His publication will be dis tributed free by provincial liquor agencies in seven provinces. The B.C. branch wants to distribute the magazine be- cause it believes it will teach customers about wine, said Peter Choate, the branch's new communications man. ager. It is “primarily an edu cational opportunity.” The branch's involvement will be limited to 40,000 copies in 20 stories on a spending could hit the official languages policy “particularly hard, by trimming precious regional services, by lay-offs that would affect the more recent recruits — often French-speaking — and by privatization (of Crown corpor. ations) that might make language policy more difficult to apply.” As well, “the Canadian government, indeed Canadians generally, need to wake up to the fact that progressive polarization threatens the probable extinction of most French-speaking minorities outside Quebec and by ricochet, drastic reduction of English freedoms within that province. 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