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It was a busy Tuesday for the out to lunch bunch from SPPC this week. They began with a visit to the Mary Winspear Centre to take in a sister-city display. Sidney has paired with several cities around the world, last week the focus was on Cairns, Australia. Although Canada and Australia are on opposite sides of the globe, we are both members of the British Commonwealth, so share many commonalities -- except the weather. While we are heading into the winter season, the folks in Cairns are gearing up for spring gardening. I find it hard to imagine Christmas with a beach barbeque!
Then, it was on to the Sidney Museum for a display on the War Measures Act.
The War Measures Act has been used three times in Canada's history. First in 1914 at the outbreak of WWI, again in 1939 as WWII loomed and finally in 1970 during the October Crisis in Quebec that culminated in the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte, a Quebec Cabinet Minister.
The War Measures Act was replaced in 1988 by the Emergency Measures Act. Under the War Measures Act, many Japanese, Ukrainian, German and Austrian nationals living in Canada were sent to intermnent camps.
This puzzle was an opportunity for visitors to imagine packing a suitcase for a stay at a camp for an unknown length of time.Try to pack everything you need into one suitcase. Hard choices deciding what to leave behind.
Public opinion has changed since wartime when most Canadians agreed with internment of citizens from hostile nations. Now, we are more apt to hear about the injustice of imprisoning those who had done nothing illegal, but it is naive to judge the actions of a generation at war by the ethics of generations that have known only peace.
As we head toward Remembrance Day it is fitting that the museum remembered those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in the Canada's wars.
From there, the group headed off to lunch at the Harbour Restaurant. They ate well.
Thanks to Janet for sharing her pictures.
