Vancouver’s visible minority population to double in 2031: StatCan
Share Latest release from Statistics Canada: The visible minority population of the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Vancouver could more than double from 910,000 in 2006 to just over 2 million by 2031, according to new population projections. The main factor would be immigration, as well as fertility. During the same period, the rest of Vancouver’s population is expected to increase at a much more modest rate of roughly 12%. These projections... [Read More...]
[GB] Consul Chen’s Words from the Heart
Share Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB] Last weekend, Ribiao Chen, Overseas Chinese Affairs Consul of the People’s Republic of China’s Consul-General, attended the celebration lunch for the Chinese Spring Festival and the inauguration of the second session of the Canadian Alliance of Chinese Associations. The gentle-mannered... [Read More...]
Officers who beat up Mr Wu reassigned to admin duties
Share Fresh off email inbox: Vancouver – The Vancouver Police Department today announced that one of the two officers who arrested Mr. Yao Wei Wu in a case of mistaken identity will be reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of an internal investigation. The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has been notified of this decision and continues to maintain contemporaneous oversight of the investigation. The VPD has assigned... [Read More...]
China taking over Canadian oilsand, copper miner
Share Wow! That’s the first after-effects of Harper’s maiden visit to China! Canada OKs major PetroChina oil sands investment (AFP) — Canada’s Industry Minister Tony Clement said he had approved a 1.7 billion dollar acquisition by PetroChina of two Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation projects in northeastern Alberta province. The deal gives PetroChina International 60 percent control of the Athabasca’s MacKay and Dover oil sands... [Read More...]
It’s Joe vs Alice in Richmond
Share (Sorry for not updating. Am going to HK for a month… so much to finish before I take my annual holiday.) Anyway, this’s just in: Mason Loh loses his nomination bid in Richmond (see previous story). Joe Peschisolido gets it. Raymond Chan loses out in first round… rumour is that his ballots are then thrown behind Joe. Joe didn’t expect to win. He wasn’t in the room when the results were announced. Alice Wong should... [Read More...]
Lai Changxing: ‘I still don’t believe them’
Share Lai once said he loved playing the PSP. (file) CIV – Lai Changxing has broken silence since his ex-wife Tsang Ming Na returned to China a few months ago. He understands that Tsang has been treated well in China, Lai told OMNI TV. Asked if that would encourage him to negotiate a deal with China, Lai said “I still don’t believe them (Chinese gov).” “Actually it was the people who investigate the case (Yuan Hua) whom... [Read More...]
Three-head race in Liberal’s Richmond nomination
Share For the nation’s most densely Chinese-populated city, Richmond, the Liberal nomination is running extremely hot. Three well-known names are fighting to represent the Grits to beat Conservative sitting MP Alice Wong in the next federal election. They are: former MPs Raymond Chan and Joe Peschisolido, and well-known lawyer and former chair of SUCCESS Mason Loh. Dean Beauvais with the Liberal’s Richmond Riding Association confirmed... [Read More...]
80% residents in Richmond centre are Chinese
Share According to a report using Census 2006 data on Chinese Canadian population, the number of CC in BC has surpassed 400,000. FULL REPORT HERE (open in pdf). Most CC live in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. The CC proportion in Richmond accounts for 43.6% of total population. CC population is especially dense in Richmond central area — northern part of the city between No. 3 and No.4, in which 80.2% are Chinese. (That 80.2% CC is in the... [Read More...]
To watch: Liberal race in Richmond
Share I hope to see new face(s) in the race. I’m for Mason Loh. Is he ready? Between Raymond Chan and Joe Peschisolido, who’d have a better chance to unseat Alice Wong? What is your opinion? Raymond and Joe ready for Round 3? Richmond Review – Two high-profile Liberals appear to be getting set for their rubber match, both potentially vying for the chance to bounce Richmond MP Alice Wong when a federal election is called. Joe Peschisolido... [Read More...]
Toronto races to build upscale Chinese malls
Share So it’s Toronto’s turn that their developers are competing to build more “modern” Chinese malls. It’s interesting in the following case that the guy who’s planning a new mega Chinese mall is someone with an anglo last name, something we’ve neven seen in Vancouver and its vicinity. My friend tUCC doesn’t like Chinese malls at all, seeing them “ghettos” of new immigrants who don’t... [Read More...]
