Before the war vs. During
22,000 Japanese in Canada
Days after Pearl Harbour - CPR fired all Japanese workers and soon after other Canadian industries did the same Fishermen - stayed in ports and 1,200 boats were seized by the government Top RCMP officials and military said that Japanese sabotage was "unfounded" but no one listened to them Removed from "protected areas" in the coast that was a 100 mile strip Men were taken away first - January 14th, 1942 and woman and children on March 4th, 1942 Had a dusk to dawn curfew |
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Document of Japanese Canadians interned in 1946.
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In the media:
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Dr. Suess even drew up political cartoons depicting the Japanese as enemy aliens. |