Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism: May 10, 2021
Council supports the proclamation below from the City of Burnaby BC dated April 26, 2021 and recognizes May 10, 2021 as the “Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism”. Read the City of Burnaby's proclamation below.
City of Burnaby Proclamation
Whereas Burnaby RCMP reported a 350 per cent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 15 (1) states that Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability; and
WHEREAS The City of Burnaby’s Social Sustainability Vision states that Burnaby strives to be a caring, inclusive, vibrant, safe, livable and just city; and that we must embrace diversity, celebrate culture and creativity, foster belongings and participation, and adapt well to a changing world; and
WHEREAS Every resident in Burnaby deserves safe public spaces without the fear of discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability; and
WHEREAS May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada.
Now therefore I, Mike Hurley, Mayor of Burnaby, do hereby proclaim May 10 as “Day of Action Against Asian Racism” in the City of Burnaby.
Dated this Twenty-sixth Day of April, 2021 A.D.