“No Asian Person could be used in its construction”

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

“No Asian Person could be employed in its construction”
This is no surprise given the time (1937), the strong white supremacist links to labour back then (see AW Neill), and the fact it was connecting Vancouver to the rich British Properties that often carried covenants on title banning ownership by Asian individuals (still exist on paper today, but without any legal force).

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