WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 n Steve Smith, a Kwakwaka’waku artist born and raised in Vancouver, helps celebrate Richmond`s Culture Days in front of BIll Reid’s iconic sculpture, the Jade Canoe, at YVR, while painting a paddle destined for a Gastown gallery. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News
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Raising flag raises ire Celebrating symbols of China angers those persecuted by regime GRAEMEWOOD
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teveston-Richmond East MP Joe Peschisolido says he regrets wearing a communist red scarf during a community event last Friday, that included the raising of a Chinese flag at Vancouver City Hall, to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “If I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t have worn the red scarf,” said Peschisolido. “I didn’t realize it had the commendations on the Cultural Revolution and persecution that it did.”
However, Peschisolido remains steadfast in the belief that celebrating other national independence days in Canada is important for fostering dialogue with those countries and the recent immigrants who came from them, regardless of their internal politics and geopolitical situation. The event was reportedly organized by the Canadian Alliance of Chinese Associations, whose members told Peschisolido to wear the scarf. The group has been criticized in the past by anti-communist Chinese-Canadians, most recently represented, in part, by Louis Huang of the grassroots group The Alliance of the Guard of Canadian Values. Huang called the flag-raising a “farce,” adding that the “Chinese communist govern-
ment has successfully expanded their influence in Canada in the last decade, not only in our government organizations, but also in the hundreds of Chinese associations in Canada. Their influence has threatened the foundation of our freedom and democracy, the loyalty to our country and our national security.” Huang called out a similar celebration in Richmond last month that praised the life of the founder of China’s communist regime, Chairman Mao Zedong. Former COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong took to Facebook to shame the flagraising event. See Flag page 3
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