In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Mary Ng — minister of small business, export promotion and international trade -- says while racism has always been a reality in Canada, the pandemic has made things worse. “My message really is, we’re going to need all Canadians standing together to fight racism in all of its forms, and certainly anti-Asian racism which is on an unacceptable rise in this country. I hope that if you’re walking down the street and you see anti-Asian racism taking place, that you stand up,” she continued. “I think Canadians want to do the right thing.”

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