A darker part of Canada’s History Japanese Internment A darker part of Canada’s History

Japanese people have been discriminated against in Canada the first Japanese person, a man named Manzo Nagano, arrived in 1877 at New Westminster white settlers in British Columbia tried to exclude people whom they felt were unwanted, which included the Japanese laws were passed to keep Japanese people from working in the mines, to prevent them from voting and to stop them from working

during World War 2, in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, where some Canadian troops were stationed this created fear against Japanese people and led to racism in 1942, the government ordered that Japanese Canadians were to be transported to “protected areas,” including Hastings Park they could only bring what they could carry anything they couldn’t take, such as property, was handed over to the government

over 90 per cent of Japanese Canadians — some 21,000 people — were moved during the war the majority were Canadians – they were born in Canada

the government finally lifted the controls on Japanese Canadians in 1948 they were given the right to vote this helped society begin to see them differently in 1984, the government apologized In 1988, an agreement was signed to compensate the Japanese-Canadians for their property loss and their internment