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Blair was the policy's architect and staunch champion for Canada's closed-door policy with the full support of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] government of Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = How Canada's mighty have fallen|url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/how-canadas-mighty-have-fallen-101283259.html|newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press|date = 23 August 2010|accessdate = 2015-10-20|last1 = Butler|first1 = Don}}</ref> In September 1938, in a letter to the prime minister, Blair wrote, "Pressure by Jewish people to get into Canada has never been greater than it is now, and I am glad to be able to add that, after 35 years of experience here, that it has never been so carefully controlled".<ref name=line/> |
Blair was the policy's architect and staunch champion for Canada's closed-door policy with the full support of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] government of Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]].<ref>{{Cite news|title = How Canada's mighty have fallen|url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/how-canadas-mighty-have-fallen-101283259.html|newspaper = Winnipeg Free Press|date = 23 August 2010|accessdate = 2015-10-20|last1 = Butler|first1 = Don}}</ref> In September 1938, in a letter to the prime minister, Blair wrote, "Pressure by Jewish people to get into Canada has never been greater than it is now, and I am glad to be able to add that, after 35 years of experience here, that it has never been so carefully controlled".<ref name=line/> |
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Representative of Blair's [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] and [[anti-Semitic]] "careful control" was Canada's refusal in June 1939 to allow the {{MS|St. Louis}}, the so-called "[[Voyage of the Damned]]" to dock in Halifax with 907 Jewish emigrants aboard.<ref name="cp-cbc2022"/> After Canada's rejection (following refusals from Cuba and the United States), the ''St. Louis'' was forced to return to Europe where, according to the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]], 254 of the passengers perished at the hands of the Nazis. There is now an exhibit, entitled ''The Wheel of Conscience'' in the [[Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21|Canadian Museum of Immigration]] at [[Pier 21]], [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], [[Nova Scotia]], as a reminder of that event.<ref>[http://www.pier21.ca/exhibitions Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://daniel-libeskind.com/pdf/sdl.pdf?xml=http%3A%2F%2Fdaniel-libeskind.com%2Fprojects%2Ffo.xml%2F337 |title=Daniel Libeskind The Wheel of Conscience Exhibit |access-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927214952/http://daniel-libeskind.com/pdf/sdl.pdf?xml=http%3A%2F%2Fdaniel-libeskind.com%2Fprojects%2Ffo.xml%2F337 |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref> |
Representative of Blair's [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] and [[anti-Semitic]] "careful control" was Canada's refusal in June 1939 to allow the {{MS|St. Louis}}, the so-called "[[Voyage of the Damned]]" to dock in Halifax with 907 Jewish emigrants aboard.<ref name="cp-cbc2022"/> After Canada's rejection (following refusals from Cuba and the United States), the ''St. Louis'' was forced to return to Europe where, according to the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]], 254 of the passengers perished at the hands of the Nazis. There is now an exhibit, entitled ''The Wheel of Conscience'' in the [[Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21|Canadian Museum of Immigration]] at [[Pier 21]], [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], [[Nova Scotia]], as a reminder of that event.<ref>[http://www.pier21.ca/exhibitions Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://daniel-libeskind.com/pdf/sdl.pdf?xml=http%3A%2F%2Fdaniel-libeskind.com%2Fprojects%2Ffo.xml%2F337 |title=Daniel Libeskind The Wheel of Conscience Exhibit |access-date=2019-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927214952/http://daniel-libeskind.com/pdf/sdl.pdf?xml=http%3A%2F%2Fdaniel-libeskind.com%2Fprojects%2Ffo.xml%2F337 |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://resources.ushmm.org/stlouis/passenger_list_alpha.php MS ''St. Louis'' Passenger List]</ref> |
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In his 1941 annual report, Blair wrote "Canada, in accordance with generally accepted practice, places greater emphasis on race than upon citizenship". When he retired in 1943, Frederick Blair was named a [[Companion of the Imperial Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36034 |date=28 May 1943 |page=2485 |supp=y }}</ref> |
In his 1941 annual report, Blair wrote "Canada, in accordance with generally accepted practice, places greater emphasis on race than upon citizenship". When he retired in 1943, Frederick Blair was named a [[Companion of the Imperial Service Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36034 |date=28 May 1943 |page=2485 |supp=y }}</ref> |