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Japanese-Canadian Internment (Causes (First wave of Japanese immigration…
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Businesses Shut down
Social Stigma
Consequences
Government Apology
After all the harm and discrimination that Japanese Canadians had to endure, the Canadian government needed to make it up.
On July 21, the Emergencies act became law, which prohibits discriminatory measures to be taken in an emergency and allows Parliament to override emergency order made by the government. It also requires to government to give a payment of compensation to anyone who falls victim to government actions. This act abolished the War Measures Act and was done in an effort to prevent anything like the Japanese Canadian internment camps from happening again.
On September 22, 1988 Prime minister Brian Mulroney apologized on behalf of the Canadian government for the horrible things done to Japanese Canadians.
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This event left behind a negative stigma that was the seed for lots of discrimination against Japanese Canadisans.
Many businesses were shut down if they were associated with Japan in any way. For example Canadian Shrimpo, a news company that as pro Japanese Canadians was shut down. The stigma associated with Japanese Canadians had rooted itself into Canadian society.