Telegram from Native Sons of British Columbia to Premier John Hart

Telegram from Native Sons of British Columbia to Premier John Hart

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Title Proper F0 GR1222 BOX 104 FILE 12
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1943
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Scope and content
This is a telegram sent from Charles Sayer of the Native Sons of British Columbia to Premier John Hart requesting the immediate deportation of “all residents of Canada of Japanese origin.” According to Sayer “assimilation” of Japanese Canadians was “not feasible” and his organization considered the matter a “serious situation.”
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The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
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Telegram from Native Sons of British Columbia to Premier John Hart
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Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.