Overview
- A video recorded on October 26 shows a young white man at a McDonald’s in Oakville hurling explicit anti-Indian slurs at a female employee and telling her to go back to her country.
- John Piper, who operates the Piper Foods franchise that runs the location, confirmed the incident, condemned the behavior, and said the employee is being supported.
- Halton Police urged witnesses to report information and have opened an investigation, with no arrests announced and no hate‑crime designation confirmed so far.
- The clip went viral on X and Instagram, drawing widespread condemnation alongside some posts that defended the abuser or blamed immigrants for economic frustrations.
- Coverage links the episode to a broader rise in anti‑South Asian incidents in Canada, citing a new Peel police hate‑crime unit after anti‑Indian graffiti and research showing sharp increases in reported hate crimes and online slurs.