War Cabinet Minutes: 1943-03-11

War Cabinet Minutes: 1943-03-11

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-04875 FILE M ITEM 1
Date(s) 1943
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This item is minutes of the War Committee of the Cabinet dated 11 March 1943. These minutes discuss the employment of people of Japanese descent in British Columbia, a matter raised by the Chiefs of Staff who reported that "while there was an objection to employment of Japanese in the lumber industry within the protected area, the same objection did not apply to their employment under suitable safeguards outside the protected areas." The Defence Council concurred in this recommendation.
Name of creator
Canada. Privy Council Office 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.
The digitization level of this record is unknown.

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War Cabinet Minutes: 1943-03-11
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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.