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Renewal - Terms of the Agreement
The main features of the redress agreement were:
• official acknowledgement of the injustices inflicted on Canadians of Japanese ancestry during and after World War II;
• an offer of symbolic redress payments of $21,000 to eligible Canadians of Japanese ancestry living when the agreement was signed, who were relocated, interned and/or deported during and following World War II, simply because of their ancestry.
• $12 million for the Japanese Canadian community to be administered by the National Association of Japanese Canadians for activities to promote the educational, social, and cultural well-being of the community or that promote human rights;
• $12 million, on behalf of Japanese Canadians and in commemoration of those who suffered these injustices, and matched by a further $12 million from the Government of Canada, for the creation of a Canadian Race Relations Foundation that will foster racial harmony and cross cultural understanding and help eliminate racism;
• an offer to accept requests to clear the names of Japanese Canadian convicted under the War Measures Act and applications for citizenship:
• up to $3 million to the National Association of Japanese Canadians for their assistance, including community liaison, in administration of redress over the period of implementation.
The government’s “Acknowledgement”.
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