The inequality and unfavorable treatment the Japanese Canadians were subjected to by Canada is a stigma on the Canadian soil. In support of the notion that the Supreme Court of Canada erred in upholding the Order-in-Council which permitted the forcible removal of “Japanese Canadian” from Canada. According to the Order in Council the word “deportation” means the “removal, pursuant to the authority of this Order (7355), of any person from any place in Canada”. This is a process of being sent away from a particular country based on legal reasons. In this case, the Japanese were not foreigners in Canada, but rather they were citizens before Canada invoked the War Measure Act.
The deportation of the Japanese Canadians in 1945 was as a result of …show more content…
In 1921, about 22,000 people of the Japanese decent were living in British Colombia and about 76% of them were born in Canada and the remaining were naturalized citizens (Tracey Pennell). During the world war, the Japanese were taken into internment camps. They were agonized by the pain of breakups within their families, in which each and every one of them were sent to different camps and suffered the brutality of the Canadians because of their race (Japanese Canadian History). Their properties were being sold and the proceeds from this sale were used to cover the finances of the internment (Japanese Canadian History). The confiscation of the Japanese’s properties without their consent reveals the form of unjust acts and exploitation. Canada violated their basic rights to own properties and also the Order-In-Council believed they could enforce new rules based on the fact that it was an emergency call. The Japanese Canadians were being deported and segregated from the society meanwhile other races were being left alone and were not bothered by the government. One of the main motives of the Canadian government was to separate or seclude the Japanese race from Canada, as said by Ian Mackenzie "it is the government’s plan to get these people out of B.C. as fast as possible. It is my personal intention, as long as I remain in public life, to see they never come back here. Let our slogan be for …show more content…
The Order stated that the request for repatriation was a final decision and unchangeable under no circumstances. This was unfair to the side of the Japanese Canadians because before the war, they were already assured of the protection of their rights as a citizen, but due to racial injustice and prejudice, the situation changed so the question would be “why be the citizen of a state when your rights and freedoms are not protected?” The government deprived them of all their fundamental rights and freedoms as being a citizen of Canada. Not just that, they also deprived them of their British status, subject of naturalization (Per Rand and Kellock JJ). The order stated that any person who is a British subject under the naturalization act of chapter 138, R.S.C. 1927, who is was getting deported from Canada would, as from the day he leaves under the Order, lose their British subject and Canadian
The deportation of the Japanese Canadians in 1945 was as a result of …show more content…
In 1921, about 22,000 people of the Japanese decent were living in British Colombia and about 76% of them were born in Canada and the remaining were naturalized citizens (Tracey Pennell). During the world war, the Japanese were taken into internment camps. They were agonized by the pain of breakups within their families, in which each and every one of them were sent to different camps and suffered the brutality of the Canadians because of their race (Japanese Canadian History). Their properties were being sold and the proceeds from this sale were used to cover the finances of the internment (Japanese Canadian History). The confiscation of the Japanese’s properties without their consent reveals the form of unjust acts and exploitation. Canada violated their basic rights to own properties and also the Order-In-Council believed they could enforce new rules based on the fact that it was an emergency call. The Japanese Canadians were being deported and segregated from the society meanwhile other races were being left alone and were not bothered by the government. One of the main motives of the Canadian government was to separate or seclude the Japanese race from Canada, as said by Ian Mackenzie "it is the government’s plan to get these people out of B.C. as fast as possible. It is my personal intention, as long as I remain in public life, to see they never come back here. Let our slogan be for …show more content…
The Order stated that the request for repatriation was a final decision and unchangeable under no circumstances. This was unfair to the side of the Japanese Canadians because before the war, they were already assured of the protection of their rights as a citizen, but due to racial injustice and prejudice, the situation changed so the question would be “why be the citizen of a state when your rights and freedoms are not protected?” The government deprived them of all their fundamental rights and freedoms as being a citizen of Canada. Not just that, they also deprived them of their British status, subject of naturalization (Per Rand and Kellock JJ). The order stated that any person who is a British subject under the naturalization act of chapter 138, R.S.C. 1927, who is was getting deported from Canada would, as from the day he leaves under the Order, lose their British subject and Canadian