CANADA’S RIGHT
deport nationals
PRIVY COUNCIL RULING
10,000 JAPANESE INVOLVED
(10 a.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 4. The Privy Council has ruled that the Dominion of Canada can deport its own nationals. . , It gave this ruling when the Attorney-General of Saskatchewan appealed against the decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in upholding the Dominion Government’s action in moving to deport 10.000 British-born Japanese residents, mainly on the west C °Thc Government’s intention was based on the ground that these Japanese had signified their desire to go to Japan before the war ended, and should not be allowed to remain m Canada in _ time It held that it could deport the Japanese under the Canadian War M The r appellants considered the Act did not delegate power to. depor Rvitish subjects, whatever their racial origin and held such deportation conSed interference with civil rights when an emergency nojonger existed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 5 December 1946, Page 5
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