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Multiculralism in Canada

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Multiculturalism in a country involves coexistence of different cultures due to a country

having people from different countries. Therefore the cultures in this country could include;

different racial groups, religious groups and cultural beliefs hence people manifesting different

behaviors, values, communication styles and living styles. The country of interest is Canada as it

was the main nation to approve multiculturalism as an official rule in the year 1971. With this it

meant that citizens had to recognize and respect the diversity in language, customs, religion,

living styles hence maintaining the dignity of all the Canadians. Canadian Multiculturalism Act

was enacted in the year 1982 in section 27 of the chapter on rights and freedom. The reason

behind Canada having different societies was as a result of the two World Wars making many

people migrate from Europe to Canada. The government could do nothing except accepting these

different society hence enacting law that would protect all people. However, with

multiculturalism many positive and negative things came about in Canada where the positive

outcome surpass the negatives. The following essay analyzes whether multiculturalism in

Canada resulted in more success or less success in the nation. The questions to be answered in

the following essay would be; due to multiculturalism do immigrants allowed to vote and also

allowed to vie for political positions? And do the immigrants given all the rights that they require

as their fellow Canadian citizens.

As a result of multiculturalism, immigrants in Canada are seen as full Canadian citizens.

There are various actions done by the immigrant compared to other nations that show that

multiculturalism is appreciated in Canada. All citizens despite the color, race, religion and ethnic

groups are allowed to vote in Canada. The right to vote shows that all Canadians are seen as the

citizen of the nation. The immigrants are allowed to take leadership roles of all forms. When it

comes to the voters they don’t vote with discrimination. Voters elect their leaders uniformly

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without considering their race. In other western democratic nations this is not seen as most

people vote with discrimination. In fact there are many immigrant leaders in Canada compared to

other western democratic nations in Europe. Compared to other Western independent countries,

Canada offer education to the immigrant children equally. In fact the immigrant children records

the better educational outcome in Canada compared to the other people. In other western nations

immigrants suffered from ethnic penalty when offering their skills in job places however in

Canada the extent of ethnic penalty to the skills is at its lowest level. For instance in the recent

past in United States the President of United States said that those people who belong to the

country will be the first people to be considered in everything. He said that Americans comes

first and then others follow. Such a comment cannot be said in Canada as every person in Canada

is Canadian despite the religion race of the ethic group.

Religion in many nations have a lot of dispute. For example in the recent past the

president of United States which is said to be a superpower Western democratic country said that

all Muslims should be removed in the country as they are the one who bring terrorism in the

country. most Muslims in many nations are immigrants. In Canada the Islamic religion is

appreciated very much and the Muslims are given their rights like other people. Unlike other

nations where they see Muslims as people who can bring chaos in the country Canadians view

them as part of the citizens who bring progress in the county. All this shows that Canada respect

rights of all people including the immigrant in the country.

However there are some negative outcomes that have come out of the multicultural in

Canada. Many people have been migrating to Canada and getting the citizens. Following this

migrations many big cities in the country have experienced rapid demographic changes which

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have resulted to various challenges. There have been experienced some cultural tensions and

riots in Canada due to this many cultures who come to the country and accepted.

Annotated biography

Berry, J. W. (2013). Research on multiculturalism in Canada. International Journal of

Intercultural Relations, 37(6), 663-675.

In the above articles the authors give explanations on how Canada announced multiculturalism in

1971. Then explains on how the country put in place policy that will make sure that

multiculturalism in Canada was legalized. The articles also explain how this multiculralism has

resulted in bringing people together in Canada hence integration. The article concludes by saying

that the policies and the programs put in place due to multiculturalism would result in improving

intercultural relations in Canada.

Kymlicka, W. (2010). The rise and fall of multiculturalism? New debates on inclusion and

accommodation in diverse societies. International social science journal, 61(199), 97-

112.

The articles explains and shows the growth and reduction of multiculturalism in the Western

democratic nations. It explains and says that some of the Western democratic nations have tried

to bring the concept of multiculturalism in their countries. The aim of multiculturalism in the

country according to the article is to ensure appreciation of social diversity among different

people in the country. However the article gives examples of countries where this is not achieved

and where in other nation it’s a success like in the case of Canada.

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Kymlicka, W. (2007). Multiculturalism. Diálogo político, 2, 11-citation_lastpage.

The author in this case explains how politically and legally the leaders have tried to

accommodate ethnic diversity among many Western democratic nations. The articles explains on

the earlier vie of the western nation as discriminative actions where they did not appreciate

immigrants from other nations. However through multiculturalism in many countries citizen

democracy have being raise where the people from other nations can exercise citizenship in this

nations. The author continues and gives examples of various nations who have put this in place

hence reducing on discrimination among people.

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References

Berry, J. W. (2013). Research on multiculturalism in Canada. International Journal of

Intercultural Relations, 37(6), 663-675

Kymlicka, W. (2010). The rise and fall of multiculturalism? New debates on inclusion and

accommodation in diverse societies. International social science

journal, 61(199), 97-112.

Kymlicka, W. (2007). Multiculturalism. Diálogo político, 2, 11-citation_lastpage.

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