The War Measures Act
During World War 1 (1914-1918), many people with a Ukrainian background were put in prison camps. Even if they were born in Canada but there parents or grandparent were born in Ukraine, they still could be taken to one of the camps. In World War 2 (1939-1945) the same thing happened to the citizens that had a Japanese heritage. In a camp in Topaz, Utah there were jobs that paid from $12-$19. A girl named Reiko Oshima Komoto wrote in her blog that "Medical doctors were paid nineteen dollars, while my Father received sixteen dollars for inspecting the camps bathrooms." People who were in the camps were lucky to have enough money to buy a house once they were out of the camp. It went against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it states that people from all heritages are Canadian citizens and should be treated equally. I don't think it would happen again if there was another World War but there still are many racist people.
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