They've experienced discrimination in Petawawa, Ont. These are their stories ottnews ottawa
From left to right, Ellen Wong-Gallant, Yulia Adeshida and Daniel Hunton. These residents of Petawawa, Ont., open up about the discrimination they've faced while living in their small town in eastern Ontario.
At first, she wondered if it was a question to be inclusive of Black or Muslim applicants — terms referring to types of cloth or covering worn on the head. "I try to compose myself when it comes to some controversial things that he says, because it's ... not funny," she explained. By expanding their search to a wider geographic area, the couple eventually found LGBTQ-friendly vendors, but Hunton recalls wanting to "just be happy" as they planned their wedding back in 2016.
"There is just a feeling here that like there are eyes on you and that many of them are disapproving and it's backed up by the things that ... town council decides," Hunton said.Yulia Adeshida, who lives in Petawawa, says the community has not always been welcoming to her, with incidents of discrimination that left her feeling excluded.
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