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From YouTube: MARCH 1 2022 Statements Niki Sharma
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
vancouver
hastings.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
In
march
of
1942,
mary
kitagawa
was
seven
years
old
when
an
rcmp
truck
came
to
her
home
on
salt
spring
island
to
take
her
father
as
the
officer
forced
him
back
into
the
back
of
the
truck.
She
remembered
him
rising
quickly
to
say
it's:
okay,
it's
okay
and
forcing
a
smile
to
comfort
his
children
as
they
ran
after
the
moving
truck
until
it
disappeared.
A
A
A
On
march
16th,
the
first
group
arrived
to
be
incarcerated
in
a
livestock
barn,
with
the
smell
and
filth
of
excrement
that
remained
from
the
animals
dispossessed
of
their
belongings
removed
from
their
homes
and
livelihoods.
Fishing
boats,
confiscated
and
separated
from
family
members
conditions
were
terrible
and
disease
spread
quickly,
as
yoshio
johnny
matakoro
described.
It
was
one
of
the
loneliest
moments
of
our
life.
A
We
reflect
on
the
many
casualties
of
war
times
to
remind
ourselves
to
hold
strong
to
our
values
and
the
integrity
of
our
democratic
institutions
here
and
around
the
world.
Thank
you
to
the
japanese,
canadian
hastings
park,
interpretive
centre
society
and
the
nakai
national
museum
and
cultural
center
who
are
working
tirelessly
to
keep
these
stories
alive.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.