OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are working on an apology for the Canadian government’s decision in 1939 to turn away a boat of German Jews hoping to seek asylum in Canada, The Canadian Press has learned. While history records King trying to convince Frederick Blair — his immigration minister at the time — to consider their plea, the minister ultimately refused. “I hope one day a Canadian government will apologize for what happened with the St. Louis,” Housefather said at the time. Sources say work is ongoing to formalize the MS St. Louis apology and determine when best to deliver it. A monument to the ship called the Wheel of Conscience currently sits at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax.

Source: National Post September 27, 2017 20:39 UTC