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From YouTube: APRIL 4 2022 Statements Jagrup Brar
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
B
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
today
we
celebrate
the
75th
anniversary
of
the
south
asian
community,
winning
the
right
to
vote
after
40
years
of
struggle.
B
B
They
fought
together
against
racism
and
discrimination
they
faced
on
the
streets
of
vancouver
and
against
racist
laws
that
were
passed
in
this
assembly.
They
were
designated
as
untrustworthy,
dishonest
and
undesirable
by
the
government
of
the
day.
South
asians
were
mr
speaker,
stripped
off
their
most
fundamental
right,
the
right
to
vote
on
march
27
1907
in
this
assembly.
B
This
decision
caused
a
tremendous
uproar
in
the
south
asian
community.
As
a
result,
the
khalsa,
the
one
society
of
vancouver,
led
by
naginder
singh
gill,
made
the
call
to
fight
back
this
support
further
community
activism
that
was
advanced
by
giants
including
darshan
singh,
canadian
hassan
rahim,
dr
pandiya
didat
singh
and
jak
singh
jack
opal
among
many
others.
B
After
a
long
struggle
and
delegation
to
victoria
and
ottawa,
the
franchise
was
eventually
restored
in
1947,
so
it
is
only
because
of
their
struggle
and
activism
that
you,
mr
speaker,
are
sitting
or
seated
on
that
beautiful
throne
and
many
of
my
colleagues
of
south
asian
heritage
are
seated
in
this
chamber
now
responsible
for
making
the
laws
to
make
this
province
more
equal.
More
just
more
fair
for
all
british
colombians,
my
sincere
thanks
to
the
dr
hari
sharma
foundation
for
organizing
the
first
event
in
surrey
last
saturday
to
celebrate
this
historic
victory.