As fears grow over coronavirus, MPs express concern over effect on local Asian-Canadian businesses

Some MPs have taken to social media to show it's safe to visit their city's Chinatown.

Liberal MP Jean Yip, pictured at a grocery store in her Toronto-area riding where nearly half of the residents are of Chinese descent, says she has noticed a slowdown in business due to coronavirus fears. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

February 5, 2020

Despite growing concerns that the coronavirus is sparking renewed anti-Chinese sentiments across the world, several MPs who represent ridings with a significant proportion of Chinese-Canadians say constituents haven’t directly reported discriminatory incidents to their offices, but that it's takin...

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