Chinatown supporters plan march on City Hall over injection decision

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Chinatown supporters plan march on City Hall over injection decision
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. A; t2 ?) E4 C; ?Chinatown supporters plan march on City Hall over injection decision

- G+ y( L7 w2 u* VEdmonton,Alberta / iNews880
Scott Johnston
Posted: May 04, 2017 06:00 am
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+ ^, n" L! J1 l: G: UThe supporters of Chinatown aren’t giving up with out a fight. Angry at city council’s decision over supervised injection sites, a protest and march is planned for this Saturday.

% ~8 Z% T. S# v' x9 F“One thing we are really, really, really upset is what ever the consultation process they talk about, not even one Chinese involved,” said Barbara Fung of the Chinese Benevolent Association.


City council voted Tuesday, 10-1 to take the next step in the process for allowing supervised injection sites and have a letter sent to Health Canada offering support. Fung said there’s considerable anger that the city’s Chinese community was not even aware council planned to discuss that letter until a few days before the public hearing which began Monday.

“We, the Chinese community, have eight percent of the population of Edmonton. I can’t see why we got ignored. That’s one thing we’re really upset about this important decision. It’s so important to the future of Chinatown.”
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2 ?  H+ V! ?! J0 lThey are upset with the closest of the four sites, George Spady Centre is right on their doorstep and will hurt property values and drive away business. Fung fears the consequences. “Break into somebody’s house, or catch a senior or something? Where are they going to get the money to buy the drugs? Because the government is not going to provide them the money for the drugs. Where are they going to get the money from?”

0 F" l. o  C8 c) T# Y$ l9 v“That the city said ‘we’re going to beautify your Chinatown so we can attract more tourism.’ But on the other hand the decision they made is going to damage Chinatown.”
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What is planned as a peaceful march will begin at 11:00 a.m. from Canada Place and move on to City Hall.

prouddolphin

健康营养站

要保护CHINATOWN，是每个国人的责任。老移民建设了CHINATOWN大家都要维护。你的家人和朋友从中国来你都要领他们看看外国的中国城。。。

lzhmsa

早就该踩了，然后建8星级豪华公寓。

UncleSam

中国城是以前种族歧视的产物，我对是否值得保护也有疑虑，不过如果能够提醒世人别忘记这段历史，另外方便大家购物和吸引游客，还是有保留的价值的。

PHX0110

China town 早就被  42个 social agency 占了。 对今天来讲不是第一次被欺负，对将来也不是最后一次。

想起一句话：
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$ g- s, u# ?) F“生活就像被强奸一样，既然不能反抗，那就好好享受吧。”