Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney known as the refusal of 376 Indian immigrants in 1914 Komagata Maru incident a stark reminder of how Ottawa fell wanting the values that the nation holds, and requested individuals to make sure that such injustices are by no means repeated. In 1914, the Komagata Maru, a Japanese steamship, anchored in Vancouver’s harbour after a protracted journey throughout the Pacific.In an announcement, PM Carney stated that the 376 individuals aboard – of Sikh, Muslim, and Hindu faiths- arrived Canada to hunt refuge however authorities utilizing exclusionary and discriminatory legal guidelines, refused them entry and in the end compelled to return to India. “Canadian authorities nonetheless, utilizing exclusionary and discriminatory legal guidelines, refused them entry. For 2 months, passengers had been detained on the ship and denied entry to meals, water, and medical care. After they had been compelled to return to India, many had been imprisoned or killed there,” he stated within the assertion.“The Komagata Maru tragedy is a stark reminder of how, in moments of our historical past, Canada fell wanting the values we maintain expensive. We can’t rewrite the previous, however we should confront it; to behave with objective, to make sure that such injustices are by no means repeated, and to construct a stronger future the place inclusion is just not a slogan, however a actuality – lived, practised, and defended,” he added. The PM additional said that to honour the previous is to be taught from it, and to be taught from it’s to behave.
