Devil's Advocate:
A great percentage do meet us halfway, and many embrace what it is to be Canadian while maintaining certain aspects of their heritage. I also have many friends from abroad, and you wouldn't be able to pick them out as "any less Canadian" than the next person.
What I'm really worried about is Canada eventually having similar problems as France and Britain where immigrant populations simply aren't integrating into society (thought I hope we don't ever get to the point of banning burkas a la France). What bothers me is when their ideals begin to dictate how Canadian society operates, and they treat Canada like their homeland. Obviously only the extreme cases make the news (ie: the lady in this story) and it's not the norm, but it does highlight a very real problem where Canadians are too afraid to uphold our own values should it offend someone else.
I'm not being close-minded, or unaccepting, but count me as one of those people that feel it might be time for Canada to put it's foot down, and remind everyone living here that this is Canada. That might sound more harsh than I intend it to be (here I go fearing that I might offend someone lol), but for the interest of discussion, I'll say it.
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