Time for political leaders to join Asian-Canadian community leaders to stamp out anti-Asian hatred

NDP MP Jenny Kwan, pictured on Oct. 2, 2018, with Liberal MP Rob Oliphant at the House Immigration Committee, said with anti-Asian racism rapidly on the rise in North America, the government should immediately address the violence and racist incidents Asian-Canadians are facing.
On March 23, the Chinese Canadian National Council’s Toronto chapter released a report, which found that a majority of Asian-Canadians who have been attacked physically, orally, and online since the pandemic started last March reported it was because they were being blamed for the spread of the CO...

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