File 23-2-17-15: Japanese Division. Segretation and Repatriation. Parliamentary Discussions, and correspondence with members, concerning Repatriation. 1954/10 - 1946/07.

File 23-2-17-15: Japanese Division. Segretation and Repatriation. Parliamentary Discussions, and correspondence with members, concerning Repatriation. 1954/10 - 1946/07.

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 0659 FILE 23-2-17-15
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1946
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and records relating to parliamentary discussions (among members of government) concerning the legality of the forced exile orders. It includes: several opinions expressed by different bodies (including the Law Society of Saskatchewan) on the policy; petitions and letters against the forced exile regulations put forward by organizations and individuals; concerns over the possible coercion during the signing of repatriation declarations and treatment of those forcibly exiled; discussions of "loyalty" and the potential Loyalty Tribunal; memoranda on the general repatriation procedure and notices detailing the policy (e.g. on the transfer of funds, property, financial assistance); as well as copies of the Orders-in-Council under scrutiny. Also contains correspondence regarding the forcible exile of several patients at the Essondale Mental Hospital.
Name of creator
Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.
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 in full.

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Title

File 23-2-17-15: Japanese Division. Segretation and Repatriation. Parliamentary Discussions, and correspondence with members, concerning Repatriation. 1954/10 - 1946/07.
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Terminology

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.