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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police closely watched Ukrainians and concluded the community as a whole was loyal to Canada.<ref>Myron Momryk, "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Surveillance of the Ukrainian Community in Canada.," ''Journal of Ukrainian Studies'' 2003 28(2): 89-112</ref>
 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police closely watched Ukrainians and concluded the community as a whole was loyal to Canada.<ref>Myron Momryk, "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Surveillance of the Ukrainian Community in Canada.," ''Journal of Ukrainian Studies'' 2003 28(2): 89-112</ref>
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The internment is considered by many Ukrainians in Canada to be of the most shameful times in Canadian history.  Racism and xenophobia persisted and the same act was used as the basis of the internment of the [[Japanese]] Canadians in 1941.  In 2005, the Canadian government, through Bill C-331, acknowledged that the Ukrainians were unjustly interned in concentration camps and agreed to "''an agreement concerning measures that may be taken to recognize the internment''".<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Parl=38&Ses=1&Mode=1&Pub=Bill&Doc=C-331_1 Bill C-331]</ref> Nothing has been done so far. The last living survivor of this tragedy, Mary Manko Haskett, passed away on [[July]] 14, meaning that no victim was ever able to witness a reconciliation.<ref>http://ucclanews.livejournal.com/4306.html</ref>
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The internment is generally regarded by Canadians as a shameful part of their history.  Racism and xenophobia persisted and the same act was used as the basis of the internment of the [[Japanese]] Canadians in 1941.  In 2005, the Canadian government, through Bill C-331, acknowledged that the Ukrainians were unjustly interned in concentration camps and agreed to "''an agreement concerning measures that may be taken to recognize the internment''".<ref>[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Parl=38&Ses=1&Mode=1&Pub=Bill&Doc=C-331_1 Bill C-331]</ref> Nothing has been done so far. The last living survivor of this tragedy, Mary Manko Haskett, passed away on [[July]] 14, meaning that no victim was ever able to witness a reconciliation.<ref>http://ucclanews.livejournal.com/4306.html</ref>
    
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