A woman spoke to the crowd in Mandarin, rhetorically addressing the government as she described the question of Canada’s response to asylum seekers as one primarily of public safety.
“It should not be this way,” she said, seemingly on the verge of angry tears. “You (the government) have to make sure that we’re safe.”
It was an illustration of the truism that all politics is local, and that even global crises can become ballot questions in municipal council races.
The day before, the nomination period had closed on the mayoral election in Markham, in which the incumbent Scarpitti is being challenged by four candidates who signed up at the last minute.
One of those challengers, Steven Chen, a real estate agent, said in an interview he was not at the protest and knew nothing about it until he saw the news.
“Everything illegal, that’s a problem. Not just refugees,” he said in an interview.
hypocrisy of Chinese protesters
假的真不了,
不安全搬家,美华就这么做的
直接说影响房价,得了!