2018年CRI Vancouver to apologize for city's historic discrimination against Chinese

 

The Canadian City of Vancouver is set to deliver a formal apology later on this month for past discrimination against residents of Chinese heritage.

On April 22, Mayor Gregor Robertson will deliver the apology in Chinatown to acknowledge the wrongdoings of historical regulations and policies of previous city councils.

The apology will be delivered in both English and Chinese. The Mayor will read the English version, while the Chinese version will be delivered by former City Councillors Bill Yee and Maggie Ip.

The city barred Chinese residents from voting in local elections between 1886 and 1948. They were also not able to hold public office locally. A Chinese Head Tax was implemented¹, among other discriminatory policies that aimed to segregate² Chinese residents.

The planned move comes after Vancouver set up an advisory³ group to help guide the development of a formal apology, which was approved by the City Council last November.

For more on this, CRI's Victor Ning earlier spoke⁴ with Baldwin Wong, Social Planner with the City of Vancouver, who presented the findings of the group to the City Council last year.

1 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

2 segregate   

adj.分离的，被隔离的；vt.使分离，使隔离

参考例句：

• We have to segregate for a few day.我们得分离一段日子。
• Some societies still segregate men and women.有的社会仍然将男女隔离。

3 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。