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Discrimination Against Asian-Canadians as a Reaction to COVID-19 Pandemic Must Cease

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Discrimination Against Asian-Canadians as a Reaction to COVID-19 Pandemic Must Cease
A sign outside a Calgary grocery store amid the COVID-19 pandemic, April 9, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
David Kilgour
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Throughout history, pandemics have spread with devastating consequences. However, because the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, there’s been cases of unwarranted discrimination toward Asians in Canada and elsewhere. It is un-Canadian to denigrate this community, especially in our multicultural nation with two official languages, 66 Indigenous languages, and 128 immigrant languages.

David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.
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