Tomekichi Homma, Canadian, Part 7: BC strikes back

BC's Attorney General retained Canada's top constitutional lawyer to oppose Homma, urging an obscure American precedent to save BC's race-based legislation

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, highest court in the British Empire, overturned Homma’s victory after brief hearings in this building.

BC Attorney General David Eberts faced none of Homma’s obstacles. White public opinion was unanimously in his corner, and he had the provincial treasury at his disposal to retain Canada’s top legal minds. Cun…