Japanese Canadians in Canada

I’d like to welcome my partner, fellow classmates, the honorable judge and our worthy opponents. Let it be resolved that the circumstances did not demand the removal of the Japanese Canadians from BC’s West Coast in 1942. The main circumstance was the unexpected and sudden attack on US troops-in- training in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. To demand means to ask for something with authority. In this statement, removal means forceful displacement of a group of people to detention and internment camps in Canada’s interior. Japanese Canadians are people who immigrated to Canada from Japan and became Canadian citizens. The West Coast includes BC’s entire shoreline stretching from Alaska to the Southern US border and going as far inland as 100 miles. To sum up, my partner and I are here to convince you that the events of 1942 did not require the forceful relocation of Canadians of Japanese ethnic origin from BC’s West Coast.
My first point is the obvious racist attitudes ...