On April 23, 1923 the Canadian Parliament passes a bill making marijuana illegal. Ironically, the federal Liberal government in 2017 announces that marijuana will be legalized in 2018 (see here).
Canada and the United States on March 2nd sign The Halibut Treaty (see here), the first international treaty without the United Kingdom supervising on behalf of Canada.
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On July 1st, the federal government passes the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 which effectively bans all Chinese from entering Canada unless they are foreign students, business people, diplomats and those deemed to fall under special circumstances.
The following text comes from the website "Pier21.ca"
With the passage of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923, all other legislation relating to Chinese immigration was repealed, including the entrance duty requirements. However, the new regulations specified that only four classes of Chinese immigrants would be allowed in Canada: diplomats and government representatives; children born in Canada who had left for educational or other purposes; merchants as defined by the minister of immigration and colonization; and students while attending university or college. Vessels transporting Chinese immigrants were only authorized to carry one Chinese immigrant for every 250 tons of the ship’s total weight. Chinese individuals already in Canada were required to register and carry photo identification as evidence of their compliance with the regulations of the act; even Canadian born and naturalized Chinese were made to register.
The first page of The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.
On March 22, the future great hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt broadcasts the first ever hockey game.
Source of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neUY4TKg_T0
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