I turned 50 earlier this year. I always know how old I am because I coincide with two major events in Canada’s history: the Summit Series and Paul Henderson’s goal, and another moment that changed the fabric of this country forever. For arguably the first time, Canada extended its hand to refugees who looked different, who worshipped differently than most Canadians, but who needed help.First some history.
The Canadian government of the time, having just declared Canada to be a multicultural nation, had a dilemma. Most of these asylum seekers spoke English, and they were largely professionals and entrepreneurs, but they were, well, different. And struggle there was, combined with sacrifice, service, and ultimately success. Refugees from Uganda and their families have achieved success in business, in politics, in academia, in the arts and social services, and in media. They even read us the evening news.
We are far from perfect, and we have a long way to go to create a truly anti-racist society, but it's worth noting that even in our increasingly brittle public discourse, there is little to no anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Well of course. There is no free speech here.
The racism narrative is a fake thing our media and the Trudeau government grossly exaggerate at every possible opportunity. People don’t speak their minds in authoritative cancel-culture narrative-dominated states like Canada. Including about immigration.
It’s because anything you criticize in this country labels you a racist. For decades locals called on govt to stop foreign $ laundering in 🇨🇦 real estate, but politicians labeled you a racist & closed their eyes while they reaped the financial gains. Now, 🇨🇦s can’t afford homes.
There is a lot of anti illegal border crosser sentiment.
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