One of the most compelling and frankly apparent reasons for the rejection of the St. Louis was the fact that the government did not want to deal with the Jews through any means. First of all, F.C. Blair, the Director of Immigration felt that the refugees were not qualified to enter Canada based on their current immigration policy. He suggested that, “No country could open its doors wide enough to take in hundreds of thousands of Jewish people who want to leave Europe: the line must be drawn somewhere.” In other words, he felt that no exception should be made for Jewish refugees in relation to Canada’s immigration policy . Moreover, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King believed that Canada was not responsible for solving internal difficulties of other
One of the most compelling and frankly apparent reasons for the rejection of the St. Louis was the fact that the government did not want to deal with the Jews through any means. First of all, F.C. Blair, the Director of Immigration felt that the refugees were not qualified to enter Canada based on their current immigration policy. He suggested that, “No country could open its doors wide enough to take in hundreds of thousands of Jewish people who want to leave Europe: the line must be drawn somewhere.” In other words, he felt that no exception should be made for Jewish refugees in relation to Canada’s immigration policy . Moreover, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King believed that Canada was not responsible for solving internal difficulties of other