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Italian-Canadian internment began when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King declared war on Benito Mussolini's fascist government on 10 June 1940.〔http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/second_world_war/clips/9916/ 〕 Days later, Minister of Justice, Ernest Lapointe, signed the order that resulted in labeling thousands of Italian-Canadians as "enemy aliens". Habeas corpus was suspended, and about 500 men (198 of them from Montreal) and four women were eventually interned as enemy aliens. In addition, 100 Italian seamen, who were in Canadian waters on 10 June 1940, were also subject to internment. == Enemy aliens == Newspaper accounts of the day, such as the ''Ottawa Citizen'', tell that the status of "enemy alien" was immediately placed on non-resident Italians older than 16 years of age, and on Italian-Canadians who became British subjects after September 1929. The category later expanded to include nationals of belligerent states naturalized after 1922. Those affected by the War Measures Act and Defense of Canada Regulations (DOCR) 〔http://www.italiancanadianww2.ca/theme/detail/under_the_law〕 were forced to register with the RCMP and report to them on a monthly basis. Some of the Italian-Canadian men interned at Camp Petawawa had ties to Italian fascist organizations,and about 100 were listed as active party members, but many had no political affiliation and were probably interned as a result of mistaken identity or because of false accusations. On 10 June 1940, all fascist organizations in Canada were deemed illegal. They included the ''Casa D'Italia'' consulate on Beverley Street, the fascist newspaper ''Il Bolletino'' and the ''Dopolavoro'' (after work) social club. ''Casa D'Italia'' was seized by the Custodian of Enemy Alien Property and sold to the RCMP, and consul staff was expelled from Canada. Lists drawn up by police and the RCMP showed that at one time or another about 2,500 Italian-Canadians were members of Canadians fascist organizations. The occupation and profession of 159 of the interned men: 36 labourers, 33 merchants, 30 professionals, 20 employees, 16 industrialists, 8 artisans, 5 clergymen, 4 journalists and 1 farmer. Among them was Canadian millionaire James Franceschini. Alongside the interned fascists were men like Hamilton's notorious gangster Rocco Perri, and Carlo Roggiani, a railway worker from Saskatchewan. There were also cases in which fathers, naturalized after 1922/29, were interned as enemy aliens while their Canadian-born sons headed overseas to fight with the Canadian army. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italian-Canadian internment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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