Canadian Unity Essay

Canada, a notion state in North America, is known for its multicultural society across the world. Like any other nation state, Canada went through stages of acceptance and denial throughout history, before adopting multiculturalism as a policy in 1971, through Pierre Trudeau, who visioned Canada as a multicultural nation. Historically, when Canada first embraced the policy: immigration, in order to create jobs and boost Canada’s economy, immigrants from Europe and America were most desired and favored. This was to maintain Canada’s ‘British identity’(idea led by Clifford Sifton) and as a result, immigrants of color faced discrimination. However, unlike history, in modern Canada, there are many people from other nation-states living within

Over the past years, it can be seen that, “74.9% of Canada's growth came from international migration (immigration).” (Statistics Canada, 2021) The reason for such immigration success gained by Canada, is through the strategy of ‘selective immigration’, where immigrants are selected based on their linguistic/ education skills and therefore, fostering a more well educated democracy. When different people come together, they carry different views and perspectives from others. When people like Canadian immigrants settle in a different country, they face a lot of mixed feelings towards their immigrated

Canada has been successful in uniting certain groups and nations within itself, by being a federalist government and civic nation (where elements such as freedom of speech, certain laws, etc, are key in making a society and not ethnicity). By setting up certain laws like the Charter of Right and Freedom, that pertain and apply to everyone, advances Canada in its goal to bring the different nations together. Other factors like Canada’s acknowledgment practices practiced throughout Canada, unites the nations together as they start to connect and unite to some extent due to acknowledgement of each other's groups. The CBC discussion reasons why Canada is not being ripped apart by minority groups is, “because we have a spirit of openness combined with a very rich set of Tolerance,” (The CBC News: The National, 2016) which allows Canadians to coexist under the same government. The Canadian government, as a responsible government, also makes massive efforts, funding and contributions to organizations that help minority groups to reconcile (Aboriginal programs), restore their culture ( French-Canadian), and give self-determination in respect of preserving the minorities' cultures and beliefs, like Quebec and