MULTICULTURALISM IN CANADA 2 In Britain,multiculturalism hasbeenunsuccessful because they always try to assimilate, butthis has not been the samecase withCanada where multiculturalism has worked prettywell. Thiswas possible in 1971 when thePrime MinisterPierre Trudeau recognized the existence of multiculturalism in the country. Theeffectsofmulticulturalismcanbeseeninthecultureandidentityof Canadians. Multiculturalism identifies, recognizesand celebrates the diverse cultural heritage it has.Canadahas over five ethnic groupswhich include;Irish,English, French and Ukrainianwhich arerecognized as multicultural and not as multicultural group (Chazan, et. al, 2011). Thisis because there are no multicultural groups in Canada only ethno-cultural communities which are open community based on a predominant ethnic origin(Race, 2011). Canadian immigrants and refugees alsocontributeto thecountry’sgreatness. After theSecond World War,Canada became a major industrial power andin orderfor them to maintain this they had to get newworkforce andmanpowerto enable them rise to thepreferredeconomicdevelopment. Thenumber of immigrants and refugeesgrew, creatinga unified population that surpassed the population of the two large ethno cultural communities the English andFrench. Forthis reason policies to protect the immigrants and refugees had to be established and they wererecognizedas citizens with rights and freedom(Semotiuk, 2017). Canada is also a just society with equality anddiversity. Multiculturalismensures that all citizens keep their identity,beliefs, enjoysthe same rights andprivileges, feels secure and takes pride in their ancestry. Thefederal government acknowledges theco-
MULTICULTURALISM IN CANADA 3 existence ofvariousethnicitiesand recognizes them. There is also a government policy in place having rights and freedom of the diverse ethnic communities to gain access to equality. References Semotiuk, A. J. (2017). Multiculturalism -- The Distinguishing Factor That Makes
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