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This is a 6 page paper discussing the treatment and internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians lived as commercial fishermen, miners, forester, and merchants and were allowed to join the armed forces to fight for Canada. After the attack on Pearl Harbor however, the Canadian and American governments both evacuated their Japanese populations and sent them to various internment camps for the duration of the war. In Canada, the province of British Columbia had the largest Japanese population of over 23,000 and 21,000 of these were sent inland to camps across the country in order to “safe guard” and protect the coast of Canada. The homes and possessions of the Japanese Canadians were confiscated and sold. After the war, the Japanese were not allowed to move back to B.C. or else they would be deported. By 1949, they were allowed back into B.C. but by that time many had started lives elsewhere. Finally, in 1988, the Canadian Government and the National Association of Japanese Canadians agreed on a Redress settlement.
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fight for Canada. After the attack on Pearl Harbor however, the Canadian and American governments both evacuated their Japanese populations and sent them to various internment camps for the duration
of the war. In Canada, the province of British Columbia had the largest Japanese population of over 23,000 and 21,000 of these were sent inland to camps across the country
in order to "safe guard" and protect the coast of Canada. The homes and possessions of the Japanese Canadians were confiscated and sold. After the war, the Japanese were not
allowed to move back to B.C. or else they would be deported. By 1949, they were allowed back into B.C. but by that time many had started lives elsewhere. Finally,
in 1988, the Canadian Government and the National Association of Japanese Canadians agreed on a Redress settlement. Under the order in council
PC 1486 under the Canadian War Measures Act which was passed on February 24, 1942, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was given the authorization of the removal of all
"persons of Japanese racial origin". In addition, the RCMP were given the power to search without warrant, enforce a dusk to dawn curfew, and confiscate cars, radios, cameras and firearms
(National Association of Japanese Canadians, 2002). During World War II, the War Measures Act allowed the Canadian Cabinet to expel, incarcerate and detain over 21,000 Japanese Canadians and to confiscate
and sell their properties in the process. As an additional follow-up to the determination of the Canadian government to rid the country of the Japanese, in March of 1945, the
government openly denounced policies of "dispersal" and "repatriation" of the Japanese Canadians (National Association of Japanese Canadians, 2002). The evacuation of the Japanese
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