Surrey and Vancouver are both lobbying to be home to B.C.'s new museum celebrating South Asian Canadians.

Last December , Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke publicly pushed to have the city be the home of the province's planned Canadians of South Asian Heritages Museum, or Cultural Centre. Then in July a City of Surrey-launched petition cited a provincial "What We Heard" engagement report naming Surrey as the top choice for the museum.

Now the City of Vancouver and "community partners" champion that city as the future home of the new museum.

Vancouver is "uniquely positioned to host this landmark institution,” Mayor Ken Sim stated Wednesday, Oct. 15.

“As the historic heart of South Asian settlement in British Columbia and one of the top visitor destinations in Canada, our city offers an

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