Burnaby has delivered a formal apology for decades of discrimination against people of Chinese descent, acknowledging that historic municipal laws and policies barred them from working for the city, owning land and earning a living.

At a special council meeting on Saturday, Mayor Mike Hurley said the city accepts responsibility for the racism and discrimination perpetrated by Burnaby's municipal government and elected officials between 1892 and 1947.

"The goals of these actions was exclusion," he said.

“We commit to actions to address the ongoing legacies of historic discrimination to build a brighter future for all of our community.”

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley issued an official apology on behalf of the city for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. He called

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