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pinamen
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High School - 12th Grade

Why did the Canadian goverment focus attention on its Japanese-citizens following the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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Posted by pinamen on Monday December 1, 2008 at 7:21 AM and tagged with canadian goverment, history, pearl habor.

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  1. enotechris Teacher
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    Canada had entered World War II ahead of the United States, and during the 1930's anti-asian sentiment had been been increasing. At one point, the Canadian government confiscated the fishing fleet of its own Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry. Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Canadians were sent to work camps and internment camps far from the West Coast; the volume increased after the attack and property was confiscated.  Unlike the US, Canada continued to restrict its citizens after the war and did not make retribution for its confiscations.  

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    Posted by enotechris on Monday January 12, 2009 at 5:01 PM