A Black Spot on Canada’s History

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A Black Spot on Canadas

History:

The Internment of Japanese

Canadians


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Post Pearl Harbor There is a great deal of

suspicion towards the Japanese

They might give secret

information to Japan and help

plan an invasion of Canada!

Of 22,000 Japanese-Canadians,

only 14 were born in Japan,

most did not speak Japanese

and had little to no connection to

Japan The RCMP state that there is no

threat posed by the Japanese to

national security


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But


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The Government declares the War

Measures Act

The government seizes Japanese-Canadianproperty and they are removed from theirhomes

Fishing boats (their livelihood) are taken away They are relocated into the interior of BC and

the Prairies

They are denied all rights and could not legallyrefuse to go


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They are

fingerprinted,

photographed, i.d.

numbers are given

and have to be

carried by them at alltimes.

Can only take one

suitcase

The rest of theirbelongings are

auctioned off


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Internment Camps

Dignity is threatened

They live in

uninsulated, tar-

paper shacks with noelectricity

Families are

separated men are

sent to work at

building roads and on

farms


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Post-War Treatment

in 1945 they are forced to decide between

staying in Canada or returning to Japan

Many stay but are forced to stay east of

the Rockies, Manitoba, Ontario and

Quebec


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Germans and Italians

Internment is not as

bad for them

Many are interned,

photographed andfingerprinted

Some are fired from

their jobs


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Why is this done?


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IGNORANCE


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The Acknowledgement

In 1988 the Federal government

acknowledges that this treatment was

unjust

Survivors and the families of those who

were already dead were given financial

compensation

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