China Overseas Chinese Network, June 17th, according to the Canadian "Sing Tao Daily" report, recently, leaders from Canada's multicultural background in the marketing, film, and television industries jointly launched an event called "#HealthNotHate" and launched A nationwide survey was conducted in Canada, hoping to better reflect on the increasing discrimination against Asians since the outbreak. The survey results show that Canada’s prejudice against Asians is worrying.

　　The investigation revealed that many Chinese Canadians experienced some form of racial discrimination due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. 19% of Chinese Canadian respondents said they "had personally experienced racial discrimination during the epidemic." Many interviewees said that they were treated as insults or questioned by others or even shop assistants when they were shopping, while others were targeted by other passengers while taking the bus. Usually, they are insulted for wearing masks.

　　The investigation also found that due to the epidemic, a large number of Canadian adults were biased towards Asian Canadians. For example, 14% of Canadians agree with the statement that “Chinese Canadians are more likely to carry the new coronavirus than others in Canada”, while 14% of respondents agree that “due to the new coronavirus, eating in Chinese restaurants in Canada is more important than in other types of Restaurant safety is low." Nearly a quarter of Canadians agree with one of the bias statements listed in the survey.

　　Sonny Wong, the sponsor of the #HealthNotHate campaign, said, "The interviewees' concerns about the prejudice statements are worrying. These views will undoubtedly promote racist attitudes and even behaviors."

　　Dig Insight is the research company responsible for designing the survey. The company’s Robin (Robin Brown) said, "What shocked me most is that these attitudes are so common among young Canadians." The survey showed that between 18 and 34 years old Of Canadians have a higher degree of agreement with prejudice statements. 32% of respondents in this age group agree with at least one bias statement.

　　The sample survey was conducted from May 13 to 18 this year. The survey target was 1,250 Canadians of different backgrounds, including 250 Chinese Canadians.