Correspondence with Premier Regarding Status of Japanese Canadians

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This file contains correspondence regarding the status of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia largely centred on the question of “repatriation." The majority of the correspondence is between different interests groups in BC (including the Loyal Order of the Moose and the Native Sons of BC) and the Premier. There is also a request from the American Navy for information on “The Consultative Committee on Problems of Wartime Citizenship,” a group dedicated to achieving enfranchisement for Japanese Canadians as well as other marginalized groups. Also in this file is a copy of a letter from this group to Prime Minister Mackenzie King calling the forced removal of Japanese Canadians “wicked and preposterous” as well as a “characteristic attitude of Nazism” and a police report on a “public indignation meeting” held in Kamloops. Of particular note on dispossession is a letter from the City of Kamloops, 18 March 1944, informing the Premier that land in the area is “being purchased by or for persons of Japanese origin”.

The Provincial Government of British Columbia created this archive.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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