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Philippines and Carlos Magbitang

Carlos Magbitang: Riding bikes here in Canada is very different from the Philippines, he said. It very safe to go biking here. You have all the infrastructure and the rules already in place, according to Metro News. Now in its seventh year, the program run by the settlement organization Culturelink pairs new immigrants with experienced cyclists who take them on bicycle tours and other bike-based activities and When Carlos Magbitang and his family emigrated to Toronto from the Philippines in 2013, he was surprised by how many bike lanes the city had. Magbitang used a bike to run errands back home, but was apprehensive about cycling in Toronto. So when he heard about the city Bike Host program , he enrolled along with his two daughters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.