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Like their neighbors in the Pacific states, British Columbians say now that they never want to see the Japs back on the Pacific Coast. Last week it looked as if their wish might come true. British Columbia's Premier John Hart said that the Dominion Government had purchased Japanese-owned land in the Fraser Valley...
...Protests. Premier Hart did not explain just how the Dominion had acquired the Japanese farms. But this week in Vancouver it was reported that lawyers representing the Japanese were preparing to carry to the highest courts a protest against enforced sale of Japanese-owned residential properties...
...Dominion-wide Gallup poll this week revealed that 80% of all Canadians think that Japs who are not citizens should be deported to Japan. On the other hand, 59% think naturalized or Canadian-born Japs should be allowed to stay...
...over the Dominion, thirsty Canadians found liquor-store shelves bare, bootleggers' prices sky-high (in some instances, $15 for a fifth of Scotch). Result: a demand for substitutes. One of the most popular: a highly scented, highly alcoholic, highly poisonous (if swallowed) skin lotion called lilac water...
Jack wants to see the Dominion's population swelled through immigration; Jacques would close the door. Jack hopes Canada will remain an integral part of the British Empire. Jacques would prefer to be a citizen of an independent nation...