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Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday in downtown Vancouver with signs asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize for how he dealt with what’s being called the “hijab hoax” incident.
Kacy Wu
Feb 7, 2018 2:25 PM
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday in downtown Vancouver with signs asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize for how he dealt with what’s being called the “hijab hoax” incident.
Protesters were holding signs such as “Trudeau do not split Canadians”, “Trudeau apologize”, “all Canadians are equal” and “we will vote” in front of Vancouver Art Gallery.
The so-called “hijab hoax” happened last month, when an 11-year-old girl accused somebody of trying to cut her hijab. At the time, reports said Toronto police were seeking an Asian suspect in his 20s.
Trudeau spoke out on Twitter, saying “incidents like this cannot be tolerated.” However, Toronto Police later reported “the incident did not happen”
Many of the protesters are Asian Canadians and said Trudeau failed to stand up for Asians in his response to the incident that it never happened.
“This is fake news, but I don’t understand how it got reported by multiple media outlets within 45 minutes after it happened,” one protester identified herself as Lee told Dushi Bao.
“We want Justin Trudeau to apologize, as he made a biased speech before police investigation in regards to this incident.”
Another protester Yang Wang said the incident happened at the block where mainly Asians reside, “that’s why Asian people feel hurt the most and we don’t want to have fake hate in between different minorities.”
“We also had another protests Jan. 20 in Vancouver and Toronto, but it is frustrating that most mainstream media did not report on this, which is unacceptable for us,” said Tanya Gaw, another protester.
People also flooded Trudeau’s twitter with 3500 comments, among them many asked him to apologize.
#HijabHoax Canadians deserve at least a apologize from the family otherwise this episode will be setting precedent due its sense of impunity.As Canadians we embrance multiculturalism but we don't deserve to be taken advantage of. Respect goes both way. @TorontoPolice@tdsb@CP24
— ffag (@Anaffag74) January 16, 2018So 11yr olds lie? Apologies need to come from the School board, journalists & media, muslim advocacy groups & POLITICIANS who so uncritically jumped on this story because they SO WANTED it to be true. It fitted their narrative & allowed them to virtue signal. Apologise now
You owe an official apology to ALL Asians in this country. You cannot protect one ethnic group by stepping on another one; this action is intolerant for a PM. Please apologize.
How can a state leader make such hasty remarks even before the police get the hard evidence? How can our long-cherished multiculturalism continue to be promoted in this great country in the future? Please don't forget the core values of Canada.
