I chose a variety of sources for this research, including video, newspaper articles, my own research essay I have completed in the past, articles, letters and monuments. What I try to achieve by including these sources is to explore not only the issue of the SS St. Louis, but also shed some light on the attitudes of the Canadian government at the time that the incident with the St. Louis occurred. Some sources tell the story of only the SS St. Louis, while others investigate the bigger picture of anti-Semitism at the time. The purpose of the sources in connection to my critical question is to explore the various aspects that contributed to Canada's stance at the time. For the sake of the scope of this research, I will mostly focus on the political aspect and the role that high officials in the Canadian government played.