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Originally Posted by HOZ
That was interesting to listen to.
Nenshi didn't get elected due to the success of multiculturalism. He was elected because he the best candidate as Mr. Fatah said.
The problem with Multiculturalism is not the arrival of immigrants, which it has nothing to do with. Immigants will, with few exceptions, tend to hold on to their ways and embrace a few Canadian values. The problem is when the second and third generations have contempt for Canada. They are encouraged (and thanks to the HRCs rewarded!) to hold values that are complete at odds with our own. Multiculturalism is the acceptance of ANY other values as equal to our own and the encouragement for people to hold those values. If we don't have the backbone to defend our values then we deserve contempt.
People don't come together as a community because they tolerate each others' differences. They come together because of shared goals, challenges or values.
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I think you are totally out to lunch here.
In fact, I cannot think of a single solitary instance where I have observed anything even close to what you are saying, and I grew up in Forest Lawn and have worked most of my life with a large majority of my coworkers being first or second gen Canadians.
People who grow up in Canada are extremely Canadianized by our media, our school system and their friends, simply because they have never known anything else. People who move here, need to learn a new language, new ways of doing things and even re-educate in order to have a 'good' job. Often they just socialize within thier own community of other first gen immmigrants and this is why you have people who have lived here for 10 years and still don't speak English much.