Minister Jason Kenney

Minister Jason Kenney: The exhibit "Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Canada's First World War Internment Operations 1914-1920" marks the thousands of Canadians who were taken prisoner by their own country during the First World War, according to Times Colonist. Federal Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said the event is something he recalls with "sadness and some shame." BANFF, Alta. - A little-known dark period of Canadian history is now a permanent exhibit in Banff National Park. The 8,500 civilian prisoners, most of Ukrainian descent, were arrested and held in internment camps only because they were originally from Eastern Europe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.