File 23-2-17-16: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Bill 15, Emergency Powers Act, concerning Compulsory Deportation. 1945/08 - 1945/12.

File 23-2-17-16: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Bill 15, Emergency Powers Act, concerning Compulsory Deportation. 1945/08 - 1945/12.

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 0659 FILE 23-2-17-16
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, and records relating to Bill 15 (the Emergency Powers Act) and its issuance of compulsory deportation. Included are numerous drafts of the deportation order (with amendments) and correspondence regarding the carrying out of such a policy against individuals. There is discussion of "loyalty" as it pertains to the deportation and the revocation of citizenship as well as evidence of resistance to such a policy. The Special Committee appointed to consider the repatriation and deportation also have minutes within regarding the legislation and establishment of a Loyalty Commission.
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.

Metadata

Title

File 23-2-17-16: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Bill 15, Emergency Powers Act, concerning Compulsory Deportation. 1945/08 - 1945/12.
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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.