Yah, that's what's it's all about.
What I really want to know is if that comment was meant as a slag against her since she's not white (presumably to appeal to white voters), do people not realize this would have no effect on the populace here.*** For goodness sakes half this ward is Chinese, and the rest is a multitude of colours. 'White people' make up a minority. Pathetic that certain groups and organizations have tried to make this into something.
And the funniest thing about all this is a Chinese guy helping my dad actually wrote that line. He used a dictionary (or MS Word) to find a synonymy for non-local, and this is what ensued. And the worst part is instead of these groups contacting dear ol' daddy for clarification, they run off to the media screaming "RACIST!!!"
Well from all indications it's going to be a very tight race right through to the end. We'll see what happens the night of the 10th.
EDIT: *** Just to highlight here's the breakdown of the ward according to the 2001 census:
Chinese - 23,720, 43.3% of total
East Indian - 3,245, 5.9% of total
Filipino - 1,795, 3.3% of total
Sri Lankan - 1,595, 2.9% of total
Canadian - 1,580, 2.9% of total
Jamaican - 1,380, 2.5% of total
Greek - 1,315, 2.4% of total
Italian - 1,225, 2.2% of total
English - 975, 1.8% of total
Tamil - 820, 1.5% of total
Others - 8,755, 16.0% of total
Multiple Response - 8,360, 15.3% of total
Honestly, people and groups on the left can annoy me just as much as those on the right. Idiots.
EDIT * 2: BTW here's what the big controversy is about. To put into context, when we put a sign up on someone's lawn we put a letter into their mailbox. Part campaign literature, party thank you letter, it was just something that was decided spur of the moment to include in case people needed to contact the campaign about the sign. At the bottom of this sheet was bolded text saying, "After 15 years of foreign representation, it's time to elect a local resident with a proven track record to represent you."
And to add more context, Ms. Shaw does not live in our ward, and there are claims that she in fact may own and live in a home outside the city (in Ajax). Other reports say she uses her parents house (located south-east of our ward), as a cover when in fact she doesn't live there. Regardless, the main fact is she doesn't live here.