An early analysis of yesterday’s election results by NCM shows 19 of the 23 ridings heavily populated by new Canadians chose a candidate of colour.
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Fabian Dawson
Fabian Dawson is a multiple-award winning journalist, an internationally acclaimed author, filmmaker and media expert. Born and raised in Malaysia, Dawson is of Indian origin. He migrated to Vancouver in 1988. As a journalist, Dawson’s work has taken him all over Asia, Europe, North and Central America. He has been cited for excellence in journalism multiple times since 2002 by the Jack Webster Foundation while many of the stories he has directed have won national and international journalism awards.Dawson was named the 2019 recipient of the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award at Jack Webster Awards.
Survey Shows Vancouver Businesses Need More Skilled Immigrants
Election issues survey shows businesses and residents in the Greater Vancouver Area want the next government to increase efforts to attract skilled immigrants.
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Constitutional Expert Pans Trudeau’s Doublespeak on Quebec’s Bill 21
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau walks back on his post-debate indignation hinting at possible federal intervention to kill Quebec’s discriminatory law.
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Federal Leaders Fail to Denounce Racism by Playing Politics
Anti-racism advocates say the federal leaders have missed an opportunity to denounce racism by choosing to play politics instead.
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Debate Skirts Crucial Issue of Immigration
“I’m still undecided after watching the debate because I don’t think there was that one moment that was a game changer.” – Paula Arab, an undecided voter.
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New Canadian Vote Key to Forming Majority Government
More than 40 of 338 federal ridings in Parliament have populations where visible minorities are the largest voting bloc. Any path to a majority government requires winning these ridings, experts say.
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Anti-Racism Advocates Call on Party Leaders to Help Kill Bill 21
Anti-racism advocates are calling on key political leaders in Canada to publicly renounce Quebec’s Bill 21 “secularism” law during this election campaign. Last April, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that although the secularism law violated the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause.
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Getting New Canadians to ‘Get Out and Vote’
Elections Canada is urging community leaders to get New Canadians, whose turnout at the polls have been historically low, to the ballot box.
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Expos to Help Immigrants Find their Routes in Canada
Virtual coast-to-coast events being staged in the wake of a new study that shows Canada has overtaken the United States as the most attractive destination for foreign workers.
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COVID-19 and the Day the Music Died
One in five Canadians has a favourite live music venue in their community and half believe it is likely the venue will close, impacting their neighbourhoods economically, culturally, and socially.
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