Land Sale Complaint

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This file contains a letter from a disgruntled RCAF corporal and WWI veteran over the “tax sale” of his land in Maple Ridge. The corporal has “no intention of submitting to this land grab meekly” and sees higher taxes for high schools as a conspiracy to “give more education to the Japs and Germans who, in the immediate vicinity of [his] place, own almost all the land.” Corporal MacCaig conflates his own personal misfortunes with a racist worldview stating that “the Japs” make sure there is no “dearth of little Japs to fill up all the new space in the new school.”

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized selectively.

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 bca_f0_gr1222_043_01.pdf Land Sale Complaint Premier Hart and others. Researcher Gordon Lyall Metadata author Gordon Lyall Metadata author Lindsey Jacobson Metadata author Erin Chan Created file.
DescriptionTitle ProperF0 GR1222 BOX 043 FILE 01Date(s) of material from this resource digitized1942General material designation

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This file contains a letter from a disgruntled RCAF corporal and WWI veteran over the “tax sale” of his land in Maple Ridge. The corporal has “no intention of submitting to this land grab meekly” and sees higher taxes for high schools as a conspiracy to “give more education to the Japs and Germans who, in the immediate vicinity of [his] place, own almost all the land.” Corporal MacCaig conflates his own personal misfortunes with a racist worldview stating that “the Japs” make sure there is no “dearth of little Japs to fill up all the new space in the new school.”

Name of creator

The Provincial Government of British Columbia 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 selectively.

StructureRepositoryBritish Columbia ArchivesFondsGovernment Records CollectionSeriesPremier's PapersSub-seriesF0 GR1222 BOX 043