Image showing Asian woman removed from new $100 bill

The Bank of Canada has acted after focus groups raised questions about the ethnicity of a woman on the new $100 bill.

According to The Gazette, the image in question depicts an Asian looking woman looking into a telescope. Its is meant to celebrate Canada's medical innovations.

8 focus groups said that the withdrawn image presents a stereotype that Asians excel in technology and/or sciences. Groups in Toronto, however, said that the image is seen the represent multiculturalism and diversity.

The new bills have generated numerous controversies from the focus groups. They said that the Vimy memorial image on the $20 and $50 look disturbingly like New York's twin towers brought down on 9/11.