Wow.  No unanimity anywhere, it seems.  Would be amazing for  adults in Vancouver just a century ago to read this.  Vancouver is debating the future of an area that, not too long ago, was seen as a convenience by most (white) people: "Good!  All the Chinese in one place. Same with "Little Tokyo"  Keep them separate, away from my kids.  Now, if we could only keep them out of our factories, mills and the retail and fisheries sectors..."   True stuff.  

Lots of talk about "heritage."  I wonder, is there a plaque at or about the corner of Carrall and Pender that commemorates the 1907 riot? It started with the big parade organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League ("Keep Canada White!"; "Stop the Yellow Peril")-10,000 marched. In Chinatown, speeches turned to window-breaking.  The riot was on.  It went on for most of 3 days.  Nobody hurt and killed, miraculously, but thousands in property damage.  The Chinese hid.  Not the Japanese.  They fought back, made the mob retreat twice.  No plaque?