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Nearing the end of his “Race for Rights” across Canada, David Kay was welcomed by Tibetan Canadians, Falun Gong practitioners and their supporters as he arrived at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver on Saturday.
A former Team Canada member and Pan American medalist, Kay began his journey at Mile Zero in St. John’s on July 13 and will finish it at Mile Zero in Victoria on August 23, covering 7,700 km in all.
Organized by the Canada Tibet Committee, the ride aims to raise public awareness of China’s human rights record and to call attention to the Chinese regime’s responsibility to improve rights as host of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Kay, who is traveling solo without a support vehicle, said the response has been “pretty incredible” in the cities and towns in which he stopped along the way.
