Global Backlash Against Multiculturalism In Canada

The Authors in this article are trying to say that in the current world, especially in Europe there is a widespread perception that multiculturalism has failed, and Canada has not been immune to these rising global anxieties. Many people have argued that self righteous satisfaction is blinding Canadians to growing evidence of failures and stresses in ethnic relations in the country. This article reviews the Global backlash against multiculturalism against multiculturalism and why some people see warning signs in Canada as well. The author in this article talks about the evidences which shows how the multiculturalism policy operates in Canada and about the trends in immigrant integration and ethnic relations . There are certainly stresses and strains within Canadian multiculturalism that the authors are trying to point out, with real issues that requires serious attention. But keeping the Authors argument, I totally disagree to this argument because Community relations in Canada have remained relatively peaceful, and there has been far less of the violence and tensions found in Europe.
In Europe, one of the major …show more content…
To get around this, both government and business now draw upon the services of "temporary workers", who have become the biggest source of new labour in Canada they have few rights and little chance of citizenship. The irony is that just as European nations are looking to Canada's points system as a way of restricting immigration, Canada is adopting execrable European "guest worker" policies that deny migrants rights and status. This suggests that when it comes to celebrating diversity, Canada has a highly restricted definition of the term. It is the diversity of those who are "like us", not in terms of race or ethnicity, but in terms of class and outlook. Again, the differences with Europe are more apparent than