Rev. CY Yan More than half of Asian Canadians have suffered discrimination over the past year, according to a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia have risen in B.C.[1] Vancouver, particularly, has experienced a 717% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes. With 98 reported cases over the last year, Vancouver was recently dubbed the “anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America.” In one incident, a young Montreal man was blinded by a group who attacked him with military-grade pepper spray.[2] Apart from the Asian community, we have all heard and seen the bitter divide between
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