A B.C. group called Keep the RCMP in Surrey says it is filing a formal complaint with the National NewsMedia Council against the Surrey-based Indo-Canadian VOICE newspaper for an opinion piece it published June 14, 2022 referring to a 害羞草研究所渄isgraceful rowdy demonstration害羞草研究所� by 害羞草研究所渁 group of old white people.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淎bsolutely we害羞草研究所檙e going to make a formal complaint,害羞草研究所� said Paul Daynes, a spokesman for KTRIS. 害羞草研究所淲hat it does is it refers in a derogatory way to an identifiable group within our community which we think is totally inappropriate and wrong and if it was applied to any other community group they would have equal grounds for feeling equally outraged.害羞草研究所�

The article appeared under the headline, 害羞草研究所淢E THINKS! CBC report on McCallum害羞草研究所檚 feet not being visible on video footage is very interesting.害羞草研究所�

The NNC is a media watchdog based in Toronto, comprised of 15 directors and was established in 2015 to 害羞草研究所減romote ethical practices within the news media industry.害羞草研究所� It is an amalgamation of former press councils in B.C., Atlantic Canada, Manitoba, and Ontario.

The sentence in the 痴翱滨颁贰害羞草研究所檚 piece the campaign is particularly concerned about reads: 害羞草研究所淭he disgraceful rowdy demonstration in Surrey City Council recently by a group of old white people supporting the RCMP vividly shows how low this group can stoop and just how desperate they are.害羞草研究所�

Rattan Mall, editor of the VOICE, said he wrote the opinion piece.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 just mentioning facts, that害羞草研究所檚 what the video showed. If they were brown people I would have written brown people. I don害羞草研究所檛 hesitate to write whatever it is. I mean when South Asians commit crimes I害羞草研究所檓 the first one to put up, 害羞草研究所楽outh Asian caught,害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟 Mall said.

害羞草研究所淚 have no qualms about identifying them as South Asian or Vietnamese or white or whatever,害羞草研究所� he added. 害羞草研究所淚f it害羞草研究所檚 brown people I would have written that. I don害羞草研究所檛 hesitate to lash out at South Asians when they kind of misbehave or act like stupid guys.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚 mean, if they害羞草研究所檙e white, they害羞草研究所檙e white, if they害羞草研究所檙e brown they害羞草研究所檙e brown.害羞草研究所�

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