Pluralism in Canada

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PLURALISM IN CANADA

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Pluralism in Canada
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Pluralism refers to a particular societal state where people belonging to diverse racial,
social, ethnic and religious groups live together and develops their interests and their respective
traditional cultures within the boundaries of a shared civilization. This can be viewed as a
multicultural space in Canada which is popular for its diversity and uniqueness. According to
David Johnston, one of the ex governor general of Canada, Canada is highly diverse when it is
about the people who live in it (theglobeandmail.com, 2019). This can be said because many
people having diverse backgrounds have been associated with each other in this country and they
work harmoniously by respecting each others’ differences.
As per the common belief of people, it is difficult for a country to prosper if people with
different backgrounds and interests live together for a very long time but this is only a myth that
Canada is proving wrong every day (theglobeandmail.com, 2019). On the contrary, here
pluralism has been one of the positive sides of this country that makes it more fair and inclusive
as a society. Unfortunately, there are many inhabitants of Canada who think just the opposite and
decide to believe the false myths about immigrants who live here. For example, there is a
common myth that the more migrants come to this country, the more crimes happen here. This
implies that immigrants are stigmatized as being criminals in these destructive myths.
On the other hand, according to some reports, immigrants have been trying to lower the
rates of violence in this country. Evidence of this can be found in the statement of one of the ex
strategic analyst of CSIS who said that immigrants do not pose as any kind of threat to this
country (ccrweb.ca, 2019). There is another belief that is refugees take help from smugglers in
order to get entry in this country to live. It has also been claimed that they do not follow the
immigrant policies when they try to settle in here. However, the reality is quite the opposite as it
is evident that most of the refugees and their families take an active part in contributing more or
less for the country’s sake (ccrweb.ca, 2019). Moreover, this can be said that these baseless
myths only hamper the reconciliation between the immigrants and the native people of Canada.
These myths not only affects the minds of the common people of this country but also
makes a false image of Canada and its people in front of other countries of the world (Winter,