Laura Madokoro (We Need To Extend Pier 21 Across Canada - March 19) overstates her case when she recommends there be a West Coast equivalent to the Pier 21 immigration museum in Halifax. Yes, many Chinese, Japanese and Indians entered Canada through West Coast ports, and their history should not be overlooked or their struggles for integration minimized.
But this hardly calls for yet another museum. Where do we draw the line on immigration recognition? Thousands of American families were attracted to free land in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the early 20th century. Does their story merit a museum in Moose Jaw? How about a war brides museum in Brampton or Burnaby to recognize their 1940s story?
And what about the Loyalists who came to Niagara and elsewhere after the American Revolution and whose blood flows through the veins of about 20 per cent of all Canadians? Should their story get more recognition than our little museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake can afford to give them?