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

This file contains a textual record.

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.

Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.

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.