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While both parties are supportive of immigration now, that wasn’t the case in the past and given that Liberals have been in power for most of Canada’s history, they have more skeletons in their closet. In August 1911, Liberal Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier signed an order in council regulation which banned Black immigration for a year.
In 1952, the government of Liberal Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent agreed to allow American troops to be stationed in Canada for the manning of radar stations only as long as Black soldiers made up less than 10% of the troop total.
In August 1911, Liberal Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier signed an order in council regulation which banned Black immigration for a year. The order stated that Black immigrants were “deemed unsuitable to the climate and requirements of Canada.” The regulation was repealed in October of that year after the Conservatives won the election and Robert Borden had become prime minister.
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