Japanese Canadian During Ww2 Essay

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National Security or a Guidance? Are governments always acting in our best interest, or could there be another truth? In World War Two (WWII), the actions of the Canadian government towards Japanese Canadians were purely racist and not in the interest of national security. Japanese Canadians were not a security issue as they were allowed to fight for the Allied Powers. Eventually, them being barred from it was racism: “In spite of their internment and dispossession, Canadian-born Nisei continued to press for the right to enlist. Finally, beginning in January 1945, the government agreed to the enlistment of up to 250 Nisei for service in the Pacific. This decision was given no publicity. It had come at the urgent request of Australia and the United Kingdom.” If the government …show more content…
The Prime Minister of Canada gave an official apology on behalf of the government to the Japanese Canadians affected and their families. They also gave compensation in the form of $21,000 to the remaining survivors of internment camps. Any Canadian citizenships that were revoked were given back to Japanese Canadians and their children. The government essentially admitted to racism towards Japanese Canadians in making an apology. If their policies during WWII were of just reason, then apologizing would not have been necessary as they would have done what was required to protect the country. Their decisions would not have constituted the need for compensation and help after the war. Additionally, Japanese Canadians were forced out of their homes and some had made to move to Japan, after the war had already ended. Many Japanese Canadians were removed from their homes and “4,000 were exiled to Japan—a war-ravaged country many of them had never seen.” The forced exile of Japanese Canadians after the war was clearly
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