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Hundreds of thousands pack Surrey streets for Vaisakhi parade — the largest in Canada (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] wampus 2 points 4 days ago

I guess attendance over-estimation isn't restricted to politicians these days.

The GVRD has a population of about 2.5-3 million. There's no way 20% of the region trekked out to Surrey to attend this parade. Like 600,000 people is the entire population of Surrey.