[Maine Mariner]

Ah yes, governments at work, confiscating and expropriating private property with little or no compensation to the owners.

[Larry Lucido]

The Karl Farbman furniture was a giveaway.

[OttawaFreeper]

And actually, the Japanese internment camps were in effect until 1949 (four years after World War II had ended). In contrast, the ones in the United States were declared unconstitutional within a few months of being created.

[PAR35]

This post has been updated to clarify that Canada entered World War II in 1939, not in 1942

The original was actually closer to accurate than the "correction".

Canada declared war on Japan on December 7, 1941 (That's a lot closer to 1942 than to 1939, for the math impaired) following the Japanese surprise attack on Hong Kong. (Canadian forces were sent to Hong Kong in November, 1941). The official declaration was issued the next day, December 8, 1941.

So, of course, they couldn't get organized on rounding up the Nips until after the new year, or in 1942.