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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Canada delt with race issues by trying their best to not allow people of colour to enter the country. It wasn't until 1962 that Canada eliminated overt racial discrimination from Canadian immigration policy
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Both Canada and the USA took a British model towards racism, which was largely based on separation. The difference is that the USA already had a large visible minority population due to slavery. Canada didn't employ slavery on a large scale, not for moral reasons, but for the reason that our climate didn't support crops conducive to slave labour.
The USA freed their slaves but segregated them into decaying ghetto neighbourhoods. Canada took a similar approach to its indigenous population via its reservation system. Canada always made sure to send regular messages to the indigenous population about their place, whether it was via residential schools, executing Louis Riel, the White Papers, via incarceration, etc..