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Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation. Some pundits argue that similar convulsions will shake Canada’s multicultural foundations. But Michael Adams argues that Canadians don’t see this as inevitable. Far from being disabused of their naïveté by the world’s conflicts and bloodshed, Adams believes Canadians suspect that the world might just be disabused of its “realism” by the success of the Canadian multicultural experiment. By focusing on the more mundane task of helping people of all kinds get along—both materially and socially—Canada may prove to be the “experiment” that worked.
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Michael Adams is president of the Environics group of marketing research and communications consulting companies with offices in the United States and Canada. He has written three bestselling books, including Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, which won the prestigious 2004 Donner Prize for the best book on public policy in Canada.
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Should be required reading for every politician and journalist,
By tyronen (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unlikely Utopia (Paperback)
It has become fashionable to bash multiculturalism in Canada. National identity is being fragmented, immigrants don't integrate "like they used to", niqabs and burkas are taking over, newcomers are loyal to their old countries rather than Canada - the complaints abound.This book examines each of these folk beliefs one by one and shows that they are false. Far from fragmenting Canada's unity, repeated surveys show that immigrants - including the much-maligned Muslim community - are proud of being Canadian, deeply attached to their new country, and eager to accept Canada's liberal democratic traditions. The 1995 reforms to immigration, which shifted the balance from family reunification towards skilled workers, have been a spectacular success, greatly improving both the economic position of immigrants and their acceptance in the community. With the high degree of education and skills they now need, immigrants are a decisive economic gain for Canada, significantly less likely to use social services than their native-born neighbours. The book examines several aspects of multiculturalism, devoting a chapter each to the special situations of Quebec and of Islam. It is very refreshing to see an author approach these issues with facts and figures rather than the overheated rhetoric usually heard on the subject. Multiculturalism works in Canada. If you don't believe that, read this book.
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