Burnaby South residents are heading to the polls to elect a new MP this month, with historical and racial aspects at play in the byelection. "There is a lot of misunderstanding about how minority communities function within the electoral system," said Ujjal Dosanjh, a former B.C. Three byelections take place across the country on Feb. 25, including the one in Burnaby South. Singh's campaign is drawing attention to some of the racial dynamics at play during an election and questions about what representation really means. Ujjal Dosanjh has been taking part in, and overhearing, a number of different conversations in Burnaby's South Asian community about Singh's candidacy.

Source: CBC News February 11, 2019 21:28 UTC