Inherited Obligations

‘Canada’s views on immigration and culture changed significantly throughout World War II. In 1942, the War Measures Act allowed the government to evict Japanese Canadian from homes. They did so because the government saw Japanese Canadians as enemy aliens. Anyone who had a Japanese background had to move 62 kilometers away from the shore because Canadians thought that they were helping the Japanese during the wartime. Many Japanese Canadians lost most of their belongings. Some Canadian citizens took the belongings left by the Japanese to auction it. The Japanese were forced to stay in internment camps created by the government. As of today, the actions taken by the government on the Japanese are considered some of the most terrible violations that Canada has done to its citizens.