The success of redress campaigns has often depended on a number of factors, including the particular government in power and its will- ingness to negotiate, the complexity of the legal process, the degree of inter-community support and public sympathy for the cause, and the tactics and persuasiveness of the claimants. [...] There, under the leadership of president Art Miki, members of the organization agreed to seek an official acknowledgement of the historical injustice their community had suffered through the forced relocations of the Sec- ond World War, financial compensation in the form of a community trust foundation, and a review and amendment of the War Measures Act in light of the recently entrenched Canadian. [...] Under the DOCR the Minister of Justice had the ability to intern any individ- ual suspected of acting “in any manner prejudicial to the public safety or the safety of the state.” In the case of German and Italian Canadians, involvement in a fascist organization could be the grounds for intern- ment. [...] In A National Shame: The Internment of Italian Canadians, the NCIC chronicled the events of the Second World War, assessed the harm done to Italian Canadians during the conflict, and made the case for redress in order to resolve “a difficult chapter in the history of Canada.” Within the brief, the NCIC also wanted the government to acknowledge the contributions of Italian Canadians to Canada and p. [...] Layton called on the Conservative gov- ernment to meet the demands of the petition – to formally apologize for the treatment of the Komagata Maru passengers in the House of Commons.
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