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The Japanese Exclusion

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Source

“Report on Japanese Arrival During August," Victoria Daily Colonist, September 13, 1907.
Editorials like this one represent a popularly held perspective in British Columbia that the province would not profit from a Japanese presence. Those who shared this sentiment felt that Japanese immigration to Canada should be discouraged or eliminated.