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"They spoke of the Japanese Canadians," Escott Reid, a special assistant at External Affairs, would recall, "in the way that the Nazi's would have spoken about Jewish Germans." Just like in that statement, I intend to expose you to the ways that the Japanese were wronged by Canadians throughout the Second World War. As well, I intend to prove what I have stated in my thesis statement: After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, the Japanese in Canada were wronged by being torn from their homes to be put into internment camps to serve Canadians through hard labour.The Decision to Uproot Japanese Canadians Within hours of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour, the federal Cabinet declared war on Japan. The federal cabinet supported their decision by calling Japan's attack "a threat to the defence and freedom of Canada. The Japanese Canadians in Canada were devastated by Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour and fearful of what it would mean for themselves. Some 3,600 Japanese had become naturalised Canadians before 1923 when nationality made it very difficult for Japanese to obtain it. One of the first decisions made by the government gave the Royal Canadian Navy the power to impound any vessels that belo
In 1944, the Cooperative Committee on Japanese Canadians organised a petition urging the federal government to free Japanese Canadians and to restore their civil rights. The petition fell on deaf ears though, because the east had no idea how bad the camps were and how the Japanese were being treated. In June 1944, King publicly acknowledged that no Japanese Canadian had committed any disloyal act towards Canada but were interned anyway. After King's confession, both the press and the civil libertarians finally began to understand the innocence of Japanese Canadians and the extent to which their civil liberties were being abused. Now the public too started to support the Japanese and in Jan 1947, Japanese Canadians won the right to resettle themselves across Canada. The Japanese were stunned as they heard the announcement that all Japanese Canadians were to be moved from the Pacific Coast into internment camps until the war ended. Five days after the announcement that all Japanese were to be interned, the cabinet passed an order-in-council which empowered the BCSC (British Columbia Security Commission) to remove and detain "any and all Japanese Canadians." As of the announcement the Japanese Canadians lost all of their rights as Canadian citizens and had to abide by the rules set forth for all Japanese people. In this paper I have examined the reasons why Japanese Canadians were forced into internment camps and how they were treated when they were there. I think that you would have to agree with me when I say that Canada unfairly treated Japanese Canadians and over reacted to a small problem. I, one day, would
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