What Is The Mistreatment Of Japanese Canadian
On December 7, 1941, after the Japanese attack on Peral Harbor during WWII, Canada was afraid. That fear became mistrust which, in turn became mistreatment of Japanese Canadians. The government was cruel, stripped them of all their rights as citizens, did not let them speak up for themselves and unfairly punished them in different ways. In an effort to protect Canada, the government wrongfully confiscated and sold the possessions of Japanese Canadians effectively taking away their ability to work, placed approximately 21,000 in internment camps and then deported over 10,000.
Japanese Canadian were faced with unfair treatment by the federal government with the confiscation and selling of their possessions without valid reason. The day after …show more content…
At a conference in January of 1942, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the departments of defense and labour all disagreed that Japanese Canadians needed to be interned, and that they "should be protected against racist persecution" (Horizon Canada 1266).4 Sadly, Ian Alistair Mackenzie, who was part of the British Columbia group that did not want Japanese Canadians in their province, was the one who reported to the Prime Minister5. However, Howard Green of the R.C.M.P. said "The only complete Protection we can have from this danger is to remove the Japanese population from the Province" (Horizon Canada1267). Although Approximately 75% of those 21,000 Japanese were Canadian born citizens, who knew nothing about Japan, the government showed no mercy and proceeded with the camps. Many families were separated when some men were sent to working camps, they were paid half of what a British Columbia labourer would be.6 Most notably, the men of Japanese internment camps helped create the Trans-Canada highway, but many men did hard labour with meaningless …show more content…
Before the government started to do this, many Japanese Canadians, approximately 2'300, left voluntarily before being forced out.
7 After being sent to internment camps Mackenzie King announced that all Japanese Canadians would be forcefully removed.8 Japanese Canadians would not get a say in this decision, and were then moved to be shipped overseas. Before the end of World
War II and the ending of this cruel era over 10,000 Canadians of Japanese ethnic origin were sent back to Japan.9 The government was wrong about sending Japanese Canadians to Japan without a
Japanese Canadian were faced with unfair treatment by the federal government with the confiscation and selling of their possessions without valid reason. The day after …show more content…
At a conference in January of 1942, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the departments of defense and labour all disagreed that Japanese Canadians needed to be interned, and that they "should be protected against racist persecution" (Horizon Canada 1266).4 Sadly, Ian Alistair Mackenzie, who was part of the British Columbia group that did not want Japanese Canadians in their province, was the one who reported to the Prime Minister5. However, Howard Green of the R.C.M.P. said "The only complete Protection we can have from this danger is to remove the Japanese population from the Province" (Horizon Canada1267). Although Approximately 75% of those 21,000 Japanese were Canadian born citizens, who knew nothing about Japan, the government showed no mercy and proceeded with the camps. Many families were separated when some men were sent to working camps, they were paid half of what a British Columbia labourer would be.6 Most notably, the men of Japanese internment camps helped create the Trans-Canada highway, but many men did hard labour with meaningless …show more content…
Before the government started to do this, many Japanese Canadians, approximately 2'300, left voluntarily before being forced out.
7 After being sent to internment camps Mackenzie King announced that all Japanese Canadians would be forcefully removed.8 Japanese Canadians would not get a say in this decision, and were then moved to be shipped overseas. Before the end of World
War II and the ending of this cruel era over 10,000 Canadians of Japanese ethnic origin were sent back to Japan.9 The government was wrong about sending Japanese Canadians to Japan without a