Wat, speaking on Phoenix TV’s Daily Topic Show, said “we are very opposed to so\u002Dcalled safe injection sites,” remarks she later said “accidentally…
Wat, speaking on Phoenix TV’s Daily Topic Show, said “we are very opposed to so-called safe injection sites,” remarks she later said “accidentally misrepresented” her party’s position.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Victor Ho, the former editor-in-chief at the Vancouver edition of Chinese-language Sing Tao Daily newspaper, said Wat’s remarks represent one of the biggest gaffes he can remember involving mixed messages to different communities. “You should have a standardized opinion, no matter if it’s for the Chinese community or the mainstream society here in Canada,” Ho said. He added that “otherwise, you can’t take accountability of all your stakeholders.”Article content
In 2019, then-Canadian ambassador to China John McCallum told Chinese-language journalists that Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou had “strong arguments” against her extradition to the United States, where she was wanted on fraud charges. “I think that she would be the first to tell you that she didn’t express it as perfectly as she intended to,” Falcon said, adding that he believes Wat — who is the B.C. Liberals’ Shadow Minister for multiculturalism, anti-racism initiatives, arts and culture — misspoke and made an “honest mistake.”Article content
“Unfortunately, when we see that become more and more of the so-called debate that we are having, which is trying to pitch parties against each other and wedge them, this doesn’t do well to serve the people of this province who we are supposed to be serving,” Furstenau said.
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