Prime Minister Mackenzie King, I am one of the thousands of Japanese Canadians that were mistreated during the Second World War. I am writing to you to express my thoughts on our treatment. Although most of your decisions during the war were well made, you made a grave mistake when you chose to imprison Canada's entire resident Japanese. First of all, most of the people you imprisoned were only Japanese in their ancestry. Most of …
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…want my children to grow up in. I don't want them to suffer any more cruelty because of their colour. Perhaps you should specify that the "true North strong and free" only applies to white Christians. Mostly I'm disappointed. My grandparents came here to find a better life for their children and their children's children. Once again we find ourselves betrayed by our government. Once again we are shown how little our lives really mean.