War Measures Act

War Measures Act: 1942 As the Wong’s were lead away from their house the general in charge was promising the family that they were only doing this as a precaution and that their house would be there awaiting there return when the government thought it to be appropriate. But Mr. Wong knew differently, many of his friends had already been asked to leave their houses and promised the same as Mr. Wong. He had seen …

…Though the government could never turn back time to fix their wrong doings on September 22, 1988, then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announced that the Canadian government would pay $21 000 to each of the estimated 12 000 surviving Japanese who had been interned. Though we try to undo our wrongs and try to fix the mistakes but Brian Mulroney said it best when he said”….no amount of money can right the wrong, undo the harm, and heal the wounds.”