BRITISH COLUMBIA & JAPAN
"The Post's" Representative.) ! VANCOUVER, July 4. | The lessening of tension at Tientsin was good news for British Columbia. Had the proposal to impose economic sanctions against Japan been carried out, it would have caused distress in the Pacific Coast province, whose trade j with Japan is worth 35 dollars a head of population per annum. Canada's trade with Japan is in the Dominion's favour by a proportion of five to one, an advantage in these days of quotas, exchange restrictions, and barter agreements. From another angle, British Columbia is pleased at the lifting of the blockade. There are 30,000 Japanese in this province, the majority of them in Vancouver and its environs. Their spokesman, Dr. Edward Banno, declared that their interests were wholly in Canada, and they desired most of all, Ito become good Canadians and British , citizens.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 10
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