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Book Review

Canada and the United States

James W. St. G. Walker. "Race," Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada: Historical Case Studies. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. 1997. Pp. xiii, 448. $44.95.

In the eyes of a large number of its citizens, and of many foreign observers and prospective immigrants as well, Canada today is seen as free of racial conflict and prejudices, a model of multiculturalism. All believe that Canada compares very favorably in this respect to its neighbor to the south, and many assume that the present reality emerged from an equally benign past. 1

James W. St. G. Walker's meticulous study of four Supreme Court cases involving the issue of race gives the lie to the myth of Canadian tolerance with regard to the past. The cases involve four different "racial" groups (Chinese, blacks, Jews, and Indians), four different decades of the twentieth century (the 1910s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s), and three different areas of the country (the Prairies, Quebec, and Ontario). Ample reference is made, as well, to cases involving individuals from other groups and other areas of the country, including the Maritimes and British Columbia, and stretching over the course of Canadian history. Despite its seemingly narrow focus, then, this book sheds light on the whole Canadian experience. . . .

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