移民天堂的多伦多不会哭泣 4-27

周一下午发生在央街的面包车冲撞行人惨案造成10人丧生15人受伤。该事件不仅让多伦多这个多元、和平的城市震惊，悲痛，也把恐慌和阴影带给了族裔社区，让那些为追求美好生活而来到这里的移民们生活在恐怖气氛之中。

The senseless pedestrian mascara on Monday afternoon that killed 10 and injured 15 has sent Toronto mourning along with waves of shock throughout this peaceful and diverse city. The attack has also shaken the immigrant community to its core, creating an atmosphere of terror among those who have immigrated to the city to rebuild life.

这场灾难与移民社区有着千丝万缕的联系。 

The tragedy has apparent multiple links to the immigrant communities.

袭击发生所在地，央街北部这段街道是移民社区的聚集地带。繁忙而热闹的人行道旁布满了各种族裔特色的店铺，天宝旅游，华人时装店和韩国餐馆等星罗棋布，栉比鳞次。街道边的公寓高楼上也住满了那些热衷购置房地产的华裔人士。不幸遇难者中许多都是来自世界各地的多伦多移民，从斯里兰卡，南韩到伊朗等族裔人士。一段显示一位眼睁睁地看着急救车将亲人送往医院的亚裔老人的视频，让人们不难推断在那个美丽而血腥的下午，徘徊于这 条街道上的人士中包括了许多像你我这样的亚裔移民们。

The northen stretch of Yonge street where the deadly attack happened is a heavily concentrated newcomers’ community. The busy bustling road is dotted with businesses like Tianbao Travel, Chinese boutique shops and Korean restaurants, and flanked by condo towers occupied by real estate fanatics from the ethnic communities. Many victims are the newcomers in the city, who’ve come to Toronto from all over the world – from Sri Lanka To South Korea to Iran. A TV footage showing a visibly shaken Asian senior watching his loved ones taken away by ambulance leads us to believe that among the many who were strolling down the street on that fateful beautiful afternoon were immigrants just like you and me.

惨案嫌犯就住在烈治文山，这个大量移民群居社区，且就读于吸引了大量国际学生的Seneca 学院。

The suspect lives in Richmond Hill, another immigrant centred neighbourhood and studied at Seneca – a school that has drawn a large number of international students.

案件发生后所拍下的尸首遍野，惨不忍睹的照片和视频在微信上频频出现，让人们不寒而栗。恐慌的氛围下，各种无端指控和谴责也随风而起。

Fear and panic set in as graphic photos and gruesome videos depicting the crime scene have clogged up social media feeds, putting people on edge and fueling a frantic sentiment that led to unsubstantiated accusations and blames. 

“这类袭击发生在其他国家后，我就意识到离咱们多伦多不远了。自由党政府的难民政策给这种恐怖行为提供了最佳作案动机，使这类袭击一起又一起地接连发生，从魁北克的教堂枪击到周一的面包车屠杀。“

 “I saw this coming after the attacks in other foreign countries. The Liberal government’s refugee policy is the hotbed for terrorism actions like this, creating one incident after another – from Quebec church shooting to Monday’s massacre.”

显然，这些愤怒的张贴者们结论下得过早。这起只需要区区30元租车费的袭击与所谓的恐怖袭击没有任何明显的联系， 且很可能是一名伺机发泄心中某种不满情绪者的擅自行动。周二早晨，特鲁多总理发表声明表示，袭击与恐怖主义无关，并强调该袭击不会对国家安全造成任何影响。

However, it seems that these agitated posters have jumped the gun. The attack – that only takes a cheap $30 rental car to carry out, has no apparent link to terrorism, and most likely an action of a lone wolf who holds a grudge of some kind. In an early morning statement on Tuesday, PM Trudeau confirmed that there is no apparent link of the attack to terrorism, adding there is no evidence to suggest there is a “national security element” to the situation.

其他网帖则更夸张，断言称这类事件会让受挫的多伦多房市进一步贬值。“不用说，周一下午的撞人事件会影响多伦多国际形象，让这一被认为安全投资港湾的城市难以吸引海外投资。“

Other posts take it even further to assume the incident would decrease the value of a beleaguered housing market in the city. “Such an attack would make the city less likely to draw foreign investments. What happened on Monday afternoon would affect the image of Toronto perceived as a safe investment haven internationally.

请不要让焦虑的情绪影响我们的正常思维吧！去年，国际经济保障城市指数将多伦多评委全球最安全城市，排名高于欧洲和北美众多城市。多伦多享有如此声誉已有数十载之久，其地位是一些愚蠢的袭击效仿行动根本无法动摇的！

Don’t let anxiety scrambled thoughts overtake our rational thinking. The Economist’s Safe Cities Index last year ranked Toronto the fourth safest city in the world, beating most of the cities in North America and Europe. Toronto has been proudly enjoying this bragging right for decades, and it won’t be taken away by some coward’s efforts of copycat assailant.

袭击发生后，我们应保持清醒头脑，切忌一时冲动，失去理智。多伦多警官Const. Ken Lam给我们树立了好的榜样。他在不发一枪的情况下将嫌犯逮捕， 其冷静和果敢让世人称道。还有那些奋不顾身，冲进现场的急救人员以及那些凭借本能向受难者伸出援助之手的旁观者们，都让多伦多市民们敬畏不已。

In the heat of the moment, we need to remain calm and stay level-headed, just like the police officer Const. Ken Lam did. His reserved arrest of the suspect has earned praise worldwide, along with the first responders who bravely rushed to save lives and by-standers who instantly jumped to offer any help in need. It has left us as Torontonians in awe. 

多伦多这条最著名的街道上的这一充满活力的多族裔社区，将在抚舐伤口后重新站立起来，在恢复重创的进程中显示其非凡的韧力和坚毅。作为占多伦多人口五分之一的移民的少数族裔们，将拧成一股绳，以宽广，包容的胸怀战胜恐惧和邪恶。我们不会对这个世界上最美丽最和睦的城市失去信心，不会让我们称为第二故乡的城市分离，哭泣。在加国将继续向危难之中的难民们敞开大门，并继续实施曾吸引并保护少数族裔的移民政策的同时，少数族裔社区将不断成长，壮大，并在这一移民天堂城市中追求我们美好的理念和生活。

This vibrant newcomers’ enclave on Toronto’s most prominent street will recover from the trauma, showing its remarkable resilience in healing and rebuilding. Us as immigrants, who make up one fifths of Toronto population, will pull together, showing our perseverance, tolerance and our determination that we will not succumb to fear. We will not allow the attack to erode our confidence on this most beautiful and harmonic city in the world, nor we will allow silence and segregation to engulf this immigration paradise we call home. Our diverse community will recuperate, grow and thrive as Canada continues to embrace refugees in crisis and to adopt immigration policies which have drawn and protected us in the first place.