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Charlie Quan, a 97-year-old Vancouver head-tax payer, told the Straight that he doesn't agree with the bill."The apology is nothing at all," he said in a phone interview after being interrupted during a game of mahjong in Chinatown.
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Tan, whose deceased grandfather was also a head-tax payer, described Oda's bill as a "stinker" because there is no mention of any refund of the head tax for Quan and the descendants of other head-tax payers.
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On Sunday (November 21), the National Film Board and the Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians will present the Vancouver premiere of Karen Cho's film In the Shadow of Gold Mountain, which tells the story of Quan and other head-tax payers.It will be shown at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova Street) at 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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James Wing and 98-year-old Charlie Quan.