Was The Internment Of Japanese Canadainas During World War 2 Justified
By the eve of Pearl Harbor, nearly 23,000 people of Japanese descent lived in Canada, principally in British Columbia. Three quarters of these people were Canadian born citizens. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Army, the Canadian government put the War Measures Act in effect and interned all of Canada's Nikkei. Was the Canadian government justified in interning Japanese Canadians during World War II? No, the government was wrong in interning the Nikkei because it was a violation of their human rights and freedoms, it was unlawful, and based on prejudice.By interning the Nikkei the Canadian Government violated the Japanese Canadians' human rights. All people of Japanese origin were finger printed and received number identification. This was a violation of human rights because only criminals received records and were finger printed. Their mail was screened which viol
The Canadian Government was wrong in interning the Nikkei because it was a violation of their human rights and freedoms, it was unlawful, and based on prejudice. The government not only treated the Japanese Canadians with such cruelty during the war but they kept the War Measures Act in effect until 1949, to force the Japanese to move out of Canada or return back to Japan. Not only did the government steal the Nikkei's human rights but also their possessions. The Japanese Canadian farms and businesses were confiscated. Everything from houses and boats to clothing was taken without consent and sold at auction. In the United States all peoples of Japanese origin were interned in camps away from costal areas but they did not have their property stolen and sold without permission. The government acted very unlawfully and did commit crimes against all the interned Nikkeis. Further more th
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