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_"We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on
beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We
shall never surrender."
- Winston Churchill.
- Winston Churchill.
_Internment of Japanese Canadians
In 1941 there where 23,000 Japanese Canadians living in Canada and 22,000 of those lived in British Columbia.
- The War Measures Act relocated all the Japanese Canadians to Interment camps away from the coast.
- The Japanese were detained here without trial until the end of the war.
- In 1943 the Custodian of Enemy Property allowed for all Japanese possessions and properties to be sold off.
- After the War the Government was only offered two choices: repatriation to Japan or the relocation east of the Rocky Mountains. This ruling was overturned in 1947.
-The Government did not apologize until 1988 were they paid $21,000 of compensation to each Japanese person and offered to restore their Canadian citizenship if they had lost it.
- The War Measures Act relocated all the Japanese Canadians to Interment camps away from the coast.
- The Japanese were detained here without trial until the end of the war.
- In 1943 the Custodian of Enemy Property allowed for all Japanese possessions and properties to be sold off.
- After the War the Government was only offered two choices: repatriation to Japan or the relocation east of the Rocky Mountains. This ruling was overturned in 1947.
-The Government did not apologize until 1988 were they paid $21,000 of compensation to each Japanese person and offered to restore their Canadian citizenship if they had lost it.
Summary
Canadian government kicked Japanese out from the main area and sold their properties.