Staff Recommendation: City Leaders and Chinese Residents

staff recommendation: Adriane Carr, who sits on a council that includes Chinese councillors Raymond Louie and Kerry Jang, according to Vancouver Courier. The apology will be delivered in a Chinese dialect spoken by early Chinese residents and in English, and displayed on a large screen at a yet-to-be determined location. In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the 2017 version of city council approved a staff recommendation to host a large-scale event in April that will acknowledge the racist policies of city leaders in power between 1886 and 1947.article continues below Trending Stories Never-before-seen video of driving through Vancouver 50 years ago Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Task Force struck to plan for the end of MSP premiums Vancouver man caught for prohibited driving for fifth timerelated Decision delayed on Chinatown condo development You can never become a better society a better place, a better city unless you acknowledge what have been your errors, and what have been the wrongs, said Green Party Coun. Mayor Gregor Robertson will likely read the English version, but it's unclear who will read the Chinese apology, although the mayor has spoken a few phrases in Chinese at various city events. Cynthia Kent keeps a letter from a Vancouver city clerk that denied her father's request in 1946 to be added to the voters' list. Council's vote Wednesday came after listening to speakers from the Chinese community share their experiences and those of their deceased family members in what was an emotional afternoon at city hall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.