主题：多伦多铁路华工纪念塔 -- 唵啊吽

華工百年前參與建設加拿大，逾百年後似仍未獲承認開山劈石貢獻。1885年11月7日，加拿大太平洋鐵路（CPR）在卑詩省克萊拉奇（Craigellachie）路軌打下最後一根鐵釘，象徵加國東西兩岸連接，也標誌卑詩正式納入聯邦，當年參與典禮嘉賓無一鐵路華工代表；125年後11月7日（即今日），同樣在紀念儀式上，CPR百年如一日：沒有邀請華裔代表參與其事，引致華社不滿。

A Ching says:

January 3, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Just as in 1885, not one member of the Chinese community or its descendant was invited in the “last spike” ceremony. Yet, another missed opportunity to present an accurate and complete picture of history … the contribution of thousands of Chinese railroad workers.

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Jean says:

January 19, 2011 at 10:05 pm

Here are the large permanent outdoor art monuments for the building of the Canadian national railway by the Chinese-Canadian men, many who lost their lives or endured great hardship (they were paid less than the others): in Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary.

http://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/outdoor-art-work-as-a-thread-of-national-history-across-canada-monuments-to-chinese-canadian-railway-workers/

I can only surmise that Chinese-Canadians were not in the ceremonies/acknowledged because the local social circles tend to stay tight…and just don’t think of their Canadian colleagues…with Chinese faces. Hard reality. Pure and simple. It’s sad. But let’s move on and go visit these other cities where they have the memorial art work. Some of it is quite interesting as a piece of Canadian history.