Political scientist Amanda Bittner says Newfoundland and Labrador does have to contend with the “Come From Away” factor, or “the notion that folks who are not ‘from here’ don’t get a say in how thi…
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s growing diversity is not yet reflected in its overwhelmingly white slate of elected officials — something Hasan Hai, a Liberal candidate in the upcoming provincial election, hopes will change.
He said it was a special moment to see the pride in his own children’s faces when he stood with Liberal party incumbents and candidates as premier Dwight Ball dropped the election writ last month. She said that for the most part, Canadian voters will cast a ballot for their preferred party’s candidate, rather than make their choice based on the person’s race or gender.
The now 41-year-old moved to the province in 2007 after visiting on and off for years. A previous job took him to almost every rural corner of the island before moving to Mount Pearl, a city in the St. John’s metropolitan area, a few years ago. The page questioned Hai’s background before moving the province and shared videos stoking concerns over “illegal border crossings.”
Hai said he chalks these kind of attitudes up to mostly fear rather than hate, and he said talking about the presence of racism and bigotry in an otherwise friendly place is the best way he sees to weed it out.
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