Hate crimes under-reported in Canada — anti-racism advocates
Hate crimes under-reported in Canada — anti-racism advocates
By Fabian Dawson
New Canaduian Media
March 18, 2022
Even as Statistics Canada reports that hate crimes are soaring in the country, anti-racism advocates say the numbers don’t tell the whole story.
While on his way to the park last April, at the “height of the pandemic,” Steven Ngo had stopped at a traffic light near his Vancouver home when passengers in a car that had pulled alongside threw garbage and hurled racial insults at him.
“It was a traumatic experience, but what happened next was even more troubling,” the Vancouver-based lawyer told New Canadian Media.
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