Trudeau apologises for internment of Italian Canadians in second world war
by Associated Press in Toronto from World news | The Guardian on (#5JBBB)
Canada interned over 600 people of Italian heritage after Italy declared war in 1940, and labelled about 31,000 as enemy aliens'
Justin Trudeau has made a formal apology for the internment of Italian Canadians during the second world war, acknowledging that hundreds of people were denied due legal process.
After Italy declared war against Canada in 1940, Canada interned more than 600 people of Italian heritage and declared about 31,000 as enemy aliens".
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