1. Japanese-Canadian Internment
... government. The years 1941 through 1945 saw unjust treatment on the race. Twenty-one thousand Japanese were not only relocated from their homes on the coast of BC to the Interior or prairies, all of their belongings left behind, including homes, shops, furniture, etc were sold at auction. They ... Japanese wanted to invade Canada. Many believe that the issue was based on racial grounds, as there was a long history of racial discrimination on the West Coast. It was not specifically internment itself that was prejudice, but the way in which internees were treated. Others believe that the ...
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