Claim: The Royal Commission recommended a $10 head tax on Chinese immigrants but the actual law made it $50 and the law was meant to discourage Chinese people from entering Canada.
Evidence: A head tax of $50 was set, much higher than the $10 suggested in the commission. The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 was a Canadian Act of Parliament that placed a head tax of $50 on all Chinese immigrants entering Canada. Assented on 20 July 1885, the intention of the Act was stated explicitly in its heading: "to restrict and regulate Chinese immigration into Canada."