Residents petition against Chinese-only signs in B.C. community

I would as well, I have no issue with Chinese on signs, but I do object to Chinese ONLY signs. We dont' live in China and there is a limit to acceptance and freedoms. This is Canada first, everything else is secondary.

If we're going to restrict Chinese-Canadians, are we going to do the same with the Italians, Polish, Greeks and everyone else?

Right after we get rid of Hong Dim Sum, we can eliminate the scourge of Cafe Trattoria, Koutouki Taverna and all the rest!

I would say yes, but ooops I forgot we have Quebec where it's ILLEGAL to have English on signs that is larger and in front of Quebecois. So if your asking me to limit this I say yes without question with a caveat that I know in reality it will never happen.

So much for equal under any laws right?

Called it... years ago.

the petition has already been turned down.

I knew it'd be Richman before I even opened the article

Awww, c'mon man.

Everyone knows that when in Rome it's do as the Romans do and since Richmond is now part of China, we should be embracing their culture, heritage and language because we don't often get to visit a completely foreign country, especially when it's located in the middle of one of our provinces.

I can remember a few years ago when the shop owners in China East were complaining about not being able to attract their kids to shop there because of the old Chinese stigma they got from only having Chinese signs. Well it appears they didn't resolve the issue and their kids are likely shopping in Metro Town leaving their businesses to suffer because they're to arrogant to use that language of commerce that the rest of the world uses FUCKING ENGLISH.

I understand why they proposed this but all one has to do is look at Quebec and the language fascists there to see how wrong this kind of law can go in a hurry.

Yup--these guys wanted a BC version of Bill 101. Next thing you know you're forcing Chinese restaurants to change chow mein "stir-fried noodles."

And then the next thing you know they'll have to call the Sweet & Sour Pork by it's real name:

Sweet & Sour .

You don't believe it will happen?

I do...

Just wait a generation before we freakout. After the influx of Chinese from the mainland dies down and they've been here for a generation all the signs will be in English and their kids will have orange hair, baggy pants, ride the Skytrain to Metro Town and be called Bob. Then we'll have moved on to some other stupid immigrant crusade.

Like stopping East Indians from driving dump trucks.

This is much ado about nothing and if they want to lose business because of their language prefernces let them because an idiot in any language is still and idiot.

well it's happening over there already....McPukes is always packed and there are plenty of skater and gangstah wannabes with freaky hair who want to use ebonics

Over 50% of the population is of Chinese dissent?

Then I really don't care.

I figure... learn Chinese or move out of that Chinese town. So one or two towns in BC aren't little white Christian societies with only inklings of Irish, British, Scottish, French, etc...

If I was really upset, I'd move somewhere where the majority didn't speak my language. There's no endemic situation in this country where English speakers are being run down and lynched.

"Oh but this is Canada, where the languages are either English or French", ugh, so? What real matter does it play for you and I, as English speakers?

Human beings sometimes disregard borderlines. Hell, with this so-called information age, borders are setbacks, a pain-in-the-ass. People who feel the need to scream "CANADA FIRST" at any sign of non-English culture having a small foothold in this country really need to find better things to spend their ambitions on. So this community, with over 50% of the actual residents assumed to be fluent in Chinese. I'm not hurt here. If I lived there and really couldn't stand it, I'd leave. I don't care if "this is Canada", that's meaningless to me, and arbitrary.

Freakinoldguy pretty much got this bang on, though probably from a different standpoint than mine.

Many here are willing to support forced assimilation policies and rigorous handling of non-white non-English speaking minorities immigrants. So impatient. Don't you know that capitalism degrades their culture to our flavourless branded base English in time? Just wait a little while longer and they'll disappoint their parents so they can use their iPhone in English.