In the days after the Atlanta shootings, we asked Asian Canadians to tell us about their experiences with increasing anti-Asian racism. This is what they had to say:
Day: March 30, 2021
The teenager who shot the viral video of a Minneapolis police officer forcing his knee onto the neck and back of George Floyd said she has stayed up at night apologizing to him for not doing more to help him.
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, will announce a federal investment to improve high-speed Internet access in southeastern Ontario. A media availability will follow the announcement.
The Honourable David Lametti, P.C., Q.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable René Arsenault, Member of Parliament for Madawaska – Restigouche, will make a funding announcement.
Today, Patrick Weiler, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country, on behalf of the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Rob Fleming, B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, announced funding for two public transit projects in Greater Victoria. Erinn Pinkerton, President and CEO of BC Transit; Fred Haynes, Mayor of the District of Saanich and member of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission; Kevin Hall, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria and Emily Lowan, Director of Campaigns & Community Relations of the University of Victoria Students’ Society also participated in the virtual announcement.