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I invite you to read about Singapore's struggles with racial riots and how they solved it -- by forcing people to live together in the same buildings. Its a facinating history. Mere presence of centuries is not enough to effect a harmonious coexistance. Even if two separate communities are present with each other for centuries, it does not mean they are assimilated. Nope! Singapore is the most striking example where this assimilation was achieved by legislation and enforcement.

Anyways, lets jump on the main item, which is the most interesting one.

"DIVERSITY!" and "Core Canadian Values"

Huhhhhh.... Reminds me of old days.

Regarding your point about diversity. Diversity is one of the core values Canada supposedly cherishes when it comes to Immigration.

Have you ever seen an official list of Canadian values? I doubt you have. Because here is the thing: officially, there is no such list as "Canadian Values" or "Core Canadian Values". A very good article on this was published in 2016.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/neil-macdonald-kellie-leitch-values-survey-1.3759075

But the opportunity to discuss the notion of whether there actually is any such thing as a universally held Canadian value was missed.

Pity. It's a discussion worth having, and it's remarkable how quickly it becomes a reductionist exercise, because there are precious few notions that can accurately be described as universally held Canadian values or principles, no matter what our politicians tell us.

Generally, the values named by our leaders are merely what they think people should believe.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for example, seems to have an endless list of what he likes to call "core Canadian values" (as opposed, presumably, to non-core ones). Most are mushy and ill-defined.

Mutual respect is one of his favourites. Tolerance is another. He once named freedom as the supreme Canadian value. His health minister recently named a negative: not being able to buy your way to the front of a waiting list for health care.

He continues and tells

And of course the value Trudeau most often praises is diversity for its own sake, which of course amounts to jamming all sorts of conflicting values systems into the same polity.

But most of those things, while worthy-sounding, tend to unravel when challenged.

Yup! This is as official as it gets! "Core Canadian Values" is essentially the flavour of decade and it changes. Heck the term "Core Canadian Value" was invented by True Dough himself (to perhaps... distinguish it from .... non core... canadian values, eh?)

So where to look for Canadian Values? May be Canadian charter of rights? Even that is problematic.

You know how the Charter starts?

Where as Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

Yup! There you have it! What should atheist do now? Whats their place in Canada?

The author of that article finally identifies some REAL CORE Canadian values...

One citizen, one vote, for example. Or the equality of men and women. Or equal benefit of the law, regardless of "race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability."

Yup! These are most likely the non negotiable Canadian Values.

Diversity, or rather FORCED diversity that likes of you preach is NOT EVEN THERE in Charter, let alone a core value. Its a Trudeauan concept which he changes as per his need.

Jeez, if you REALLY want to force diversity, do you know what you will need to do? Complete ban of White Anglo Saxons immigration in Canada because they are actually most over-represented. Duh! And hell no, no Canadian will agree with it.

So no, Canada does NOT look for diversity when it immigrates people. It never has in the past. Because that was not even there in the charter or policies to begin with. It never was supposed to look for diversity. It does wants to accomodate diversity and multiculturalism but thats the extent of it.

If you want to test immigrants on Core Canadian Values, test them for their respect of
1. One citizen, one vote
2. the equality of men and women
3. equal benefit of the law, regardless of "race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability."

Those are Canadian values that are non negotiable in Canada.

LOL! I didnt have these kinds of discussions since 2005, when I was graduating 12th.