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What's really uplifting to me about this article is that it points out Canada has decades of policies that are open to immigrants and refugees. Those refugees p

What's really uplifting to me about this article is that it points out Canada has decades of policies that are open to immigrants and refugees. Those refugees pay it forward to the next generation of immigrants in a virtuous cycle. One of my Torontonian friends recently posted about hearing "an old Chinese man speaking German in an Italian restaurant owned by Vietnamese refugees," or something like that, and it just seems like a diverse haven of different peoples.

Mikeb85 10y ago
Of course. We (Canada) were built by immigrants. My family's been here a few generations, but nevertheless were immigrants (from circa 1920), from western and eastern Europe. We also have Asian immigrants from several waves of migration, and of course more modern migration waves. Maybe because of the fact we have 2 official languages, are so spread out with various ethnic enclaves, our immigrant roots show a little more. Our culture has never been close to homogeneous.
dghughes 10y ago
I'm not from Toronto but I am Canadian but I heard a great show on CBC radio about something similar. I think it may have been Montreal. The show described amazing combinations of cultures Inuit-Korean or Greek-Jamaican or Mexican-Tibetan plus the mix of religions and food too. Wild stuff. It's pretty much common place in central Canada big cities it's just really getting rolling here in my region. Chinese, Lebanese (100 year history here), Russians, the usual Scottish Irish British Dutch Native.
toyg 10y ago
You also had Mayor Ford not long ago, though. It's just that you still have a critical mass of first-generation immigrants from poor countries; as soon as that declines naturally (because of density ceilings), you will see more and more of the problems you see in Australia and US cropping up. Don't rest on your laurels, you are a young country.
- jacalata 10y ago
  I don't think Australia is a good example of "problems Canada will see when they are older".
  - toyg 10y ago
    It's not about time only, it's about developing a critical mass of people who are detached enough from their migrant roots that they get to claim "nativity", hence drawing a line.

Mikeb85 10y ago

Of course. We (Canada) were built by immigrants. My family's been here a few generations, but nevertheless were immigrants (from circa 1920), from western and eastern Europe. We also have Asian immigrants from several waves of migration, and of course more modern migration waves. Maybe because of the fact we have 2 official languages, are so spread out with various ethnic enclaves, our immigrant roots show a little more. Our culture has never been close to homogeneous.

dghughes 10y ago

I'm not from Toronto but I am Canadian but I heard a great show on CBC radio about something similar. I think it may have been Montreal. The show described amazing combinations of cultures Inuit-Korean or Greek-Jamaican or Mexican-Tibetan plus the mix of religions and food too. Wild stuff. It's pretty much common place in central Canada big cities it's just really getting rolling here in my region. Chinese, Lebanese (100 year history here), Russians, the usual Scottish Irish British Dutch Native.

toyg 10y ago

You also had Mayor Ford not long ago, though. It's just that you still have a critical mass of first-generation immigrants from poor countries; as soon as that declines naturally (because of density ceilings), you will see more and more of the problems you see in Australia and US cropping up. Don't rest on your laurels, you are a young country.

jacalata 10y ago
I don't think Australia is a good example of "problems Canada will see when they are older".
- toyg 10y ago
  It's not about time only, it's about developing a critical mass of people who are detached enough from their migrant roots that they get to claim "nativity", hence drawing a line.