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Call or email before 10 a.m. weekdays or 11 a.m. Saturday City: 204-697-7001 Outside Winnipeg: 1-800-542-8900 press 1 6:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday.; 7 a.m. - noon Saturday; Closed Sunday TO SUBSCRIBE: 204-697-7001 Out of Winnipeg: 1-800-542-8900 The Free Press receives support from the Local Journalism Initiative funded by the Government of Canada The Vancouver Police Department has said in the past that mental health calls take up a significant portion of policing resources. Rai said police were confident ter- rorism was not involved, although the motive is unknown. Witnesses said the attack sent vic- tims flying as a black Audi SUV roared through the crowd at high speed around 8:14 p.m. on Saturday, leaving bodies and debris strewn across a long section of road lined with food trucks near Fraser Street and West 43rd Avenue. “This is the darkest day in our city’s history,” Rai said, calling it a “sense- less, heartbreaking act of violence.” B.C. Premier David Eby held a news conference Sunday near the site of the attack, telling reporters in a shaky voice that he had attended the event with his daughter on Saturday after- noon before the attack. He paid tribute to the Filipino community. “British Columbians are right to be angry. Here’s a community that has done nothing but give, has been over- looked in terms of their contributions to our province, to this city, to this country. It is finally having an event where their culture is upheld and cel- ebrated and it’s destroyed by a single individual.” The premier said B.C. residents will support the Filipino community “just like they support us every single day in this province.” Hip-hop artist Jacob Bureros at- tended a church service Sunday where members of the Filipino community gathered. He said he had just wrapped up his performance at the festival when he saw the vehicle racing through the crowd of people before it quickly came to a stop. “He jumped out of the car and ran, and so, we chased him down,” Bureros said of the vehicle’s driver. He said the scene was chaotic and horrifying. “There was a young woman in the middle of the road, there was some- one who was holding their loved ones screaming, people running up and down, looking for their kids,” said Bureros. “I don’t even have words for it right now, it’s just really horrible.” Realtor Abigail Andiso said she saw a couple dozen people on the ground after the SUV roared through the crowd. “The car went just through the whole street,” she said. “I can see straight away there’s about 20 or 30, maybe 20 people down, and everyone is panicking. Everyone is screaming and nobody knows what to do.” Police said the victims were sent to nine hospitals around the Lower Mainland. Barricades and tape sealed off a sec- tion of Fraser Street from West 41st Avenue to 43rd Avenue and bunches of flowers piled up in tribute to the victims. Sim said he had directed a full re- view of safety measures at events such as these. However, Sim said “the city is safe,” and noted that there are about 3,000 events and festivals held in Vancouver every year. Rai said a risk assessment was con- ducted before the event and police had decided no heavy-vehicle barricades would be placed at the event. While Rai said he was confident that assessment was “sound,” a review of the circumstances would be conduct- ed. “It goes without saying, this will change the landscape for deployment for police,” Rai said, noting they assess about 1,000 protests and 2,200 events a year. “The system has worked up to this point.” A statement on social media from Public Safety Canada said officials believe the attack was an isolated inci- dent, “and that there is no active threat to Canadians.” Police said a 24-hour assistance centre had been established at the Douglas Park Community Centre, on West 22nd Avenue. Prime Minister Mark Carney paused his election campaign to address the attack at a news conference. “Last night, families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, a son, a daughter,” he said in Hamilton, Ont. Carney said Canadians were shocked, devastated and heartbro- ken as he offered condolences to the Filipino-Canadian community and the broader communities of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver. The attack made international head- lines and Philippine President Ferdi- nand Marcos Jr. said he was “com- pletely shattered” to hear the news and expressed “deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and to the strong and thriving Filipino communi- ty in Canada.” “We are one with the families of the victims and the Filipino community in Vancouver during this difficult time,” he said in a statement posted to social media. King Charles said he and his wife were “profoundly saddened” by the attack and “send our deepest possible sympathy at a most agonizing time for so many in Canada.” “Stay strong, our friends in Canada and the Philippines,” wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his own statement of condolence. Lapu Lapu Day is named after an Indigenous resistance fighter in the Philippines who fought against Spanish colonization in the 16th Century. — The Canadian Press ATTACK ● FROM A1 Party leaders pause campaigns after attack O TTAWA — The leaders of the three main federal parties paused their election campaigns Sunday to express their sorrow and offer condolences to victims and their families hours after a vehicle attack in Vancouver killed 11 people and injured many more. “Last night, families lost a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, a son or a daughter. Those families are liv- ing every family’s worst nightmare,” Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Lib- eral leader, said of the Saturday even- ing attack during a stop in Hamilton. “I know that I join all Canadians in mourning with you. I know that Can- adians are united with you.” Carney said he had been briefed by Public Safety Minister David McGuinty and his national security adviser. Later on social media, Carney said he spoke with British Columbia Premier David Eby to offer his condolences. “The Vancouver Police Department and municipal and provincial officials have the full support of the federal gov- ernment as they conduct their investi- gations,” he wrote. McGuinty also has spoken with B.C. Public Safety Minister Garry Begg. Eby said he would be meeting with Carney later in the day alongside com- munity leaders. Interim Vancouver Police Chief Steve Rai said a 30-year-old local man was arrested after an SUV plowed through a crowded South Vancouver street at high speed on Saturday, leaving a trail of wreckage and victims on the ground. On Sunday, Rai said 11 people have died and the death toll could climb in the coming days. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was due to host multiple rallies across Ontario on Sunday. He met with mem- bers of the Filipino community at a church in Mississauga, Ont., in the mor- ning before making a statement. “I just wanted you all to know that our hearts are with you today. All Can- adians are united in solidarity with the Filipino community,” Poilievre said. “Their loved ones — their brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, mothers and fathers — all of them will have a deep hole in their hearts today. So we will try to fill it with the love of the entire country.” At a rally in Oakville, Ont., shortly after, Poilievre repeated his standard campaign messages about affordability and safer streets but spoke for a shorter time than usual. The Conservative party posted sev- eral times about violent crime on social media Sunday. A Global News repor- ter posted on X that the Conservative party’s Instagram account shared a video about violent crime with a cap- tion that referred directly to the Van- couver attack. The caption on that post was changed later in the day. The Conservatives did not answer when asked who decided on that change and if they endorsed the original message, and pointed The Can- adian Press to a transcript of what the video said. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh attended the Vancouver festival Saturday night and left just minutes before the attack. He later told reporters he didn’t have the words to describe the tragedy. “I was there and I just imagine the faces of the kids that I saw smiling, dancing. I imagine the aunties that were there. I don’t even know what to say. It’s just horrific. I’m heartbroken,” he said. “I just want the Filipino community to know we stand with you. Everyone is with you, everyone is standing with you.” Carney was supposed to meet with supporters in Hamilton at 8 a.m. but the event was cancelled. He instead held a 10 a.m. news conference before head- ing for a campaign event in Saskatoon. The Liberal leader had a day of events scheduled in multiple cities on Sunday but changed his plans in the wake of the attack. A Liberal rally scheduled for Calgary and another for Richmond, B.C., were cancelled. Carney held a small event in Edmonton before departing for Van- couver. Singh had multiple campaign stops planned for Sunday in Vancouver, New Westminster and Coquitlam in B.C. He was also expected to visit the Vaisakhi parade in Oliver, B.C. to celebrate the Sikh holiday. Those events have been cancelled. Speaking in Penticton, B.C. on Sun- day, Singh was moved to tears as he vowed never to “let hate win.” “We honour those we lost, not by giv- ing into fear, but by living in their spir- it, by building a Canada where no one is treated as disposable,” Singh said. Singh attended a Tagalog service at St. Mary’s Parish in Vancouver Sunday afternoon, alongside NDP Vancouver— Kingsway candidate Don Davies. The attack took place in Davies’ riding. Davies said he’d spent five hours at the festival Saturday, and said Sunday afternoon’s service will have been the third he’s attended since the tragedy. “The faith of the Filipino community is strong, but I thought the best way to be together and to walk with the Fili- pino community is to be with them as they process, share their faith and pray today,” Davies said. Singh concluded the final day of the campaign at a vigil for victims of the vehicle attack in at a Vancouver com- munity centre. Hundreds of people at- tended, including other politicians such as B.C. Premier David Eby. “Members in the community said ‘now we’re mourning, but there’s ques- tions about how to make sense of all of this. Many people talked about the need for mental health supports,” Singh told reporters after the vigil ended. Recent polls show the Liberals are leading in the race but remain in a head-to-head battle with the Conserv- atives. Voters head to the polls today. — The Canadian Press ALESSIA PASSAFIUME RICH LAM / THE CANADIAN PRESS A mother and child place a teddy bear and flowers near the location where a vehicle drove into a crowd at a Vancouver street festival. Regardless of how the new point system performed, Tories should be alarmed about what this result means for the next election. To have any hope of unseating Premier Wab Kinew’s NDP, the Tories have to become more com- petitive in Winnipeg, where most seats in the Manitoba legislature are located. And the PC party cannot do that unless it embraces a more practical, small ‘c’ conservative brand that steers clear of noxious, populist, right-wing ideology that is running rampant south of the border. Thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state, many of the core is- sues of his MAGA movement have become toxic in Canada. For the moment, many genuinely conserva- tive Canadians are conflicted about far-right political populism and are looking for something less toxic, more nuanced. The PC party knows about the risks of going too far to the right, too quickly, more than just about any other political party in this country. In the 2023 election, the Tories ran campaign ads celebrating the fact they had refused to fund a search of the Prairie Green Land- fill for the remains of Indigenous women murdered by a serial killer. This, desperate Tories asserted, was a sign of strong leadership. The Tories also ran ads claiming to be the party of “parental rights,” adopting a term used by far-right, anti-LGBTTQ+ social conservative activists in Canada and the U.S. The strategy for adopting those positions, as explained post-elec- tion by campaign manager Marni Larkin, was to fend off a potential electoral annihilation by shoring up rural seats with far-right positions and language. Larkin told the Free Press there were concerns the Tories might only win 12 seats; by refusing the landfill search and waving the parental rights banner, the party was able to retain 22 seats — but only two in Winnipeg. “With over 20 seats now, we will be able to raise money,” Larkin said in 2023. “We will have a full, robust leadership race. And in four years, when the next election comes around, who knows?” Given the backlash against Trump, we pretty much do know how things will go in the next election. Despite that, the leader- ship results suggest this is a party afflicted by an active civil war. Khan has promised to be a unify- ing force, and there is a possibility he can fulfil that goal. However, if he has any hope of building that big tent, he’ll have to start by telling Manitobans more about what he stands for. And that includes a full explanation of his role in the pernicious parental rights plank in the 2023 election. Khan was, literally and figu- ratively, the poster boy for those ads. Since the 2023 defeat, Khan has refused multiple requests for longer interviews to explain his role in those ads and his thoughts about the issues with which they are associated. As leader, Khan can no longer en- gage in vague language about the previous election campaign. Both of the rooms in his tent deserve nothing less. Disenchanted conservatives in Winnipeg must know if this is a party that will end its flirtation with far-right ideals. And rural Tories deserve to know if Khan is still willing to carve out room for social conservative policies like parental rights. The good news is that, at the leadership convention, Khan acknowledged his party is divid- ed. He promised he would build a “bridge” between factions of the party. However, until he tells people ex- actly what he stands for and where he wants to take the party, he’ll be stuck building a bridge to nowhere. dan.lett@freepress.mb.ca LETT ● FROM A1 ;