File 2201: General Correspondence re Cabinet Committee on Japanese. 1943-1948.

File 2201: General Correspondence re Cabinet Committee on Japanese. 1943-1948.

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 34 FILE 2201
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1943
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From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
The file contains general and assorted correspondence of the Cabinet Committee on Japanese Problems from 1943 to 1948. Included are discussions of Japanese Canadian ("evacuee" and "repatriate") claims for losses sustained during the "evacuation" and the forced sales; the establishment of the Bird Commission (e.g., summaries as to which types of claims the Commission would hear); financial assistance for "voluntary repatriates"; restrictions on fishing licenses and movement; summaries of Orders-in-Council relating to persons of Japanese descent; the forcible liquidation of Japanese Associations and Societies; the treatment of Japanese Canadian veterans; concerns and resolutions regarding the return of Japanese Canadians to the "protected area" and resettlement (dispersal) policy; and the extension of "emergency" Orders-in-Council relating to Japanese.
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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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File 2201: General Correspondence re Cabinet Committee on Japanese. 1943-1948.
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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.