bca_pr0405_ms0003_box_70_file_3

bca_pr0405_ms0003_box_70_file_3

Description

Title Proper PR0405 MS0003 BOX 70 FILE 3
Date(s) 1939
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence between Premier T.D. Pattullo and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Prime Minister Mackenzie King acknowledges the receipt of Pattullo’s letter regarding Japanese industrial activity in British Columbia. Mackenzie King explains the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the UK and Japan as well as the implications for Canada.
Name of creator
Pattullo, Thomas Dufferin, 1873-1956 created this archive from his time as a prominent British Columbian politician including Premier.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.

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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.