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Tensions Rise: Injection Site and Asian Community

tensions rise: I've seen this fear before, according to CBC. I've seen it in Vancouver's Chinatown when they were protesting against Insite, the safe injection site. Ma said the predominantly Asian community in Marpole is pushing back against modular housing for the homeless based on a predisposed notion that equates homelessness with criminality. Right now, Edmonton's Chinatown is protesting four safe injection sites, she told Stephen Quinn, host of CBC's The Early Edition. We were all safe. IN DEPTH 'Increasing distrust' tensions rise in Marpole homeless debate Your family will fall apart' As a young girl, Ma attended school in Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood, where she said she frequently saw needles on the ground, but she was educated on safe practices to avoid injury. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.