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JAPANESE-CANADIANS

Racism blamed for incarceration

Dear beditor:

Phe ietter vou printed on the
editorial page on Sunday, Au. 23
Reparation Monies Should Not Be
Paid by Wo Money of West Van-
COUvET IS a prime example of the
neo-logig more usually found in
the ilbwritten ravings of columnist
Doug Collins.

W. Money dismisses payment of
reparations to Canadians of Japa-
nese ancestry displaced and incar-
vcerated during the Second World
War with the statement that ‘this
Was war, war against a ruthtess,
powerful and implacable foe.”
Money also said that ‘no one
knew then, as no one knows now,
what the action of these Pacific
coust people of Japanese origin
would have been..."

If one accepts that line of argu-
ment as a reasonable premise then
the question which must be asked
is why Canadians of Italian and

Crete. NUStan ancestry
potabe uprooted and deprived of
ther livelihood. Tals, Germany
and Austria were also onemy coun-
fries.

Canadhans of Japanese ancestry
proved their loyalty to this country
during the First World Was, a fact
commemorated by a prominent
monument which stands in Stanley
Park.

It is also a fact that Canadians
of Asian ancestry were the targets
of widespread prejudice during the
1930s and 1940s here in’ British
Columbia. Examples of this
persecution of a ‘visible minority’
can be seen in the newspaper files
of the day: the contract for the
Lions Gate Bridge contained a
clause that strictly prohibited the
use of “Asian labor,’ unions
picketed dairies and bakeries in
Vancouver which employed Japa-
nese-Canadians and others,

WUT

Reader agrees with
immigration view

Dear Editor:

Bob Hunter is to be commended
and congratulated for his column,
published Aug. 23. He cleurly*sees
refugees and immigrants to
Canada in a broad, historical and
positive way,

Newcomers from other lands br-
ing with them knowledge of their
homeland and its language.
Canada is thus acquiring expertise
that, literally, cannot be bought.

At the same time the ‘‘energy,
inspiration, passion and burning
drive” that they bring are features
that have kelped forge this
magnificent multiracial nation of

ours,

Assuming the moral leadership
of the world is a mighty undertak-
ing but it properly rests with
Canada for its humanity and com-
passion in welcoming people from
other lands.

The vision that Mr. Hunter
holds is one which must fill us all
with the hope that we can con-
tribute in a humane and peaceful
way to creating a better earth by
the splendid example of freely ad-
mitting the refugees of the world.
Nicholas J. Collins, president
TESL Canada (Canadians
Teaching English as a Second
Language)

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