Richmond News
Definitions of various kinds of racism and discrimination as well as a made-in-Richmond protocol on dealing with such incidents were almost unanimously supported by city council on Monday.
After Coun. Alexa Loo submitted and then subsequently withdrew a controversial definition of anti-Semitism for council’s approval in December, it was back on the agenda on Monday at a committee meeting.
This time she brought forward a broad range of definitions – used by the Government of Canada – but it still included the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition, which is opposed by various groups. …
Richmond mayor Malcolm Brodie noted there are at least 80 communities – if not 800 – whose definitions of anti-racism could be included.
Loo, who brought forward the motion, said it’s a “beginning… not an end” to working against racism.
“This in no way endorses a government or regime or their policies,” Loo said. “We are not the governments or the policies of our ancestry and we shouldn’t be subject to hate or racism based on those lines of our ancestry.” …