Canadians of Asian origin targets of Covid-related racism, survey suggests
Excerpts from our daily coronavirus live blog:
Insults, threats and bullying: Canadians of Chinese origin say they are suffering from coronavirus-related racism and expect their children to be targeted when they return to school in the fall, a new survey has found.
Half of the 516 Canadians of Chinese ethnicity surveyed by the Angus Reid Institute reported being called names or insulted as a direct result of the pandemic. Some other key findings:
43 per cent have been threatened
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or intimidated.
61 per cent changed their routines
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55 per cent expect children of
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Asian ethnicity to be bullied when they return to school.
The poll, published Monday, was conducted online between June 15 and June 18.
For the first time since March 29, the Quebec government reported no new COVID-19 deaths on Monday. The death toll remained at 5,417. Quebec recorded 69 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 54,835. That’s the lowest number of new cases since March 22.
On Montreal Island, the number of cases increased by 15, to reach 27,057. The number of hospitalizations stood at 463, a decrease of 58. Of those in hospital, 57 are in intensive care, a drop of four.
Premier François Legault has turned the page on his coronavirus crew.
For months, the premier’s Facebook cover photo has shown him with Danielle Mccann, health minister at the time, and Horacio Arruda, the province’s director of public health, with whom he held dozens of press conferences about COVID-19. On Monday, minutes before he officially demoted Mccann to minister of higher education, the cover photo was changed.
Instead of the trio, only a mask-wearing premier remains, with the same message: “This battle, we will win it together.”
On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he understands that airlines and the tourism industry are eager to welcome visitors from around the world.
“But these people all need to understand that if we take steps too quickly, if we are not sure of what we’re doing at each stage, we risk hitting a second wave … and having to close our economy again.”
He said Canada will be “very, very careful about when and how we’re going to start reopening international borders.”
The Mccord Museum reopens on Tuesday. A limited number of people will be allowed into the museum. Advance online ticket purchases are recommended. On tap: a new exhibition about La Presse cartoonist Serge Chapleau.
Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in downtown Montreal reopened its doors on Monday, with a 50-person limit on visitors.