To the editor:

Canadians experienced a terrible shock when a 30-year-old man drove an SUV into a crowd shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. 

I say Canadians specifically as this aspect of the tragedy seems to be missing from the speeches and journalism surrounding this horrible event. 

I do understand that it was a Filipino festival attended by folks whose roots are in the Philippines; however, to view this act to violence as only against a specific community is to diminish its consequence. 

It is vital to remember that this senseless attack killed and maimed Canadians, our coworkers, friends, neighbours, and fellow professionals. Canadians. 

A threat to any sector of our multicultural mosaic is a threat to all of us. It is time we stopped drawing lines around victims, effectively 鈥渙thering鈥� the targets and separating ourselves.

I鈥檇 like us to remember and hold close the sage words of Red Green: 鈥淲e鈥檙e all in this together.鈥�

Anita Perry

Summerland