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VICTORIA — British Columbia is offering tangible recognition of the historical wrongs caused by the province when it helped to intern thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The province has announced a $2-million fund for the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society to enhance programming for seniors and local communities. A […]
B.C. gives $2M to Japanese Canadian seniors as step toward righting internment wrongs Health Minister Adrian Dix looks on during a press conference in the rotunda at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday May 6, 2020. British Columbia is offering tangible recognition of the historical wrongs caused by the province when it interned thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito May 05, 2021 - 12:56 PM VICTORIA - British Columbia is offering tangible recognition of the historical wrongs caused by the province wh...
Kidnapping, Murder, Unrest: Quebec's 1970 October Crisis Explained By Marina Manoukian/March 16, 2021 1:46 am EDT In the 1960s, members of the Québécois separatist movement started a bombing campaign against the Canadian government. In 1970, this standoff escalated to a hostage situation. Overnight, people in Québec found themselves essentially living under martial law. The October Crisis gripped the nation as a British diplomat and Québec's Minister of Labour and Immigration were kidnapped and held by the Front de libération du Québec. In response, soldiers and tanks rolled through t...
Article content It is well documented that Canada scooped up thousands of Japanese Canadians during World War II, confiscated their possessions and shipped them off to detention camps for the duration of the war. Prime Minister Mackenzie King used the War Measures Act to facilitate the move, but as for the history of internment, the unjust treatment of Japanese Canadians is part of a larger and longer story. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or TAYLOR: Canada's tragic history of war-time internment Back to video The War Measures Act was passed in ...
Is he right? >> i said yesterday shame on lew. he knows better than that, christine. that was a political statement and unfortunately president obama wants that same political statement out there at this juncture. >> you think if we don't raise the debt ceiling, it will not be bad news for the financial system and global economy? >> the president can make that happen whenever he wants. >> stop. how can he make it happen? the view from the administration is that they don't have the legal authority. it is congress with the authority to raise the debt ceiling. >> look, they do. they have and they...