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Singh and Wang

star: He said he didn't expect race to be an issue, according to Toronto Star. Jesse Winter/Star Metro Vancouver Jesse Winter / Star Metro Vancouver Karen Wang, the Liberal nominee, stepped down on Wednesday after the Star revealed a post she wrote on WeChat, a Chinese social network. The decision could determine Singh's political fate.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addresses the media in Burnaby, B.C., on Wednesday following the resignation of Liberal candidate Karen Wang. Wang urged voters to support her, the only Chinese candidate in the race, and not Singh of Indian descent. Wang apologized to Singh in a statement announcing her resignation Wednesday morning, after the Star published details of her WeChat post. Singh was born in Scarborough, Ont. and is the first non-white leader of a major federal party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.