It is widely known that Canada is a peacekeeper, progressive, a safe haven to refugees, and a melting pot of culture; however even the most perfect country has it’s buried issues. As a whole, humanity has come very far in order to be an equal society, and yet as far as the year 2016 BCE, the issues are still there. In relation to its neighbour the United States of America, Canada has in no way an issue in the respect of equality, but under the peace, it is there. All minorities in Canada are facing some form of prejudice, that allows for the escalation into discrimination and racism. Prejudice, or judging before being aware of the situation, is the first stage of a cycle of inequality; leading to discrimination, or leaving someone out due
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People harbouring these beliefs are increasingly targeting visible minorities and aboriginal people more often in attacks that some are calling hate crimes; according to Metropolitan Toronto Police Force “A hate crime is a criminal offence committed against a person or property that is based solely upon the victim 's race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability.” (“Hate/Bias Crime Definitions,”2015). In 2013 Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed, brought her family to see a movie; while wearing her hijab. After a long ordeal with another visible minority who had taken special issue with Naqvi-Mohamed, and speaking to the management to remove the woman from the theatre, the woman and her husband began to call Naqvi-Mohamed a “f’ing terrorist” repeatedly into the crowded theatre. Similarly, more recently, 06/21/2016 to be exact, a woman was charged after approaching a muslim woman and her four month old son; and proceeding to yell, spit at, punch her, and attempt to pull off her hijab. This is an ongoing issue, that Canadians are still suffering from, and it affects all aspects of a minorities life; for example, a First Nations person is generally thought to be lazy and dependant on the government, and a majority of aboriginals are hard working. This prejudice hinders the ability to get employment, thus making the prospect of finding a …show more content…
While under the strain of the aforementioned unemployment discrepancies, minorities also suffer from income inequality, and systematic discrimination, earning 81 cents to the dollar in relation to a non-ethnic counterpart in 2012. In conjunction to the drastic equality issues in the United States of America, the median income versus the national average of Canadian aboriginals, is 60%, worse even than that of African Americans, who earn 74%. A major issue to prejudiced Canadians, regards the native tax exemption, many believing that aboriginals are extremely privileged. All Canadians have to pay taxes, there are just various situations that can be cause to pay lower taxes. Aboriginals with status are merely eligible to avoid taxes on reserve property. The most common instance of Natives not paying taxes, is not being above the taxable threshold, for those working off reserve. In Ontario aboriginals are able to pay 5% Point of Sale tax; but this does not include Inuit, Metis, or Non-Status Natives. Therefore in regard to tax exemptions, it does not contribute majorly to most aboriginals, who still suffer pay inequality with the rest of Canada’s minorities. This inequality has great impact to living situations, which as Marketplace was able to show, housing is already hard to get as a minority, and those are often given higher rates than their counterparts, and are 13.4% more likely to live in poverty. These people, including children
People harbouring these beliefs are increasingly targeting visible minorities and aboriginal people more often in attacks that some are calling hate crimes; according to Metropolitan Toronto Police Force “A hate crime is a criminal offence committed against a person or property that is based solely upon the victim 's race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability.” (“Hate/Bias Crime Definitions,”2015). In 2013 Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed, brought her family to see a movie; while wearing her hijab. After a long ordeal with another visible minority who had taken special issue with Naqvi-Mohamed, and speaking to the management to remove the woman from the theatre, the woman and her husband began to call Naqvi-Mohamed a “f’ing terrorist” repeatedly into the crowded theatre. Similarly, more recently, 06/21/2016 to be exact, a woman was charged after approaching a muslim woman and her four month old son; and proceeding to yell, spit at, punch her, and attempt to pull off her hijab. This is an ongoing issue, that Canadians are still suffering from, and it affects all aspects of a minorities life; for example, a First Nations person is generally thought to be lazy and dependant on the government, and a majority of aboriginals are hard working. This prejudice hinders the ability to get employment, thus making the prospect of finding a …show more content…
While under the strain of the aforementioned unemployment discrepancies, minorities also suffer from income inequality, and systematic discrimination, earning 81 cents to the dollar in relation to a non-ethnic counterpart in 2012. In conjunction to the drastic equality issues in the United States of America, the median income versus the national average of Canadian aboriginals, is 60%, worse even than that of African Americans, who earn 74%. A major issue to prejudiced Canadians, regards the native tax exemption, many believing that aboriginals are extremely privileged. All Canadians have to pay taxes, there are just various situations that can be cause to pay lower taxes. Aboriginals with status are merely eligible to avoid taxes on reserve property. The most common instance of Natives not paying taxes, is not being above the taxable threshold, for those working off reserve. In Ontario aboriginals are able to pay 5% Point of Sale tax; but this does not include Inuit, Metis, or Non-Status Natives. Therefore in regard to tax exemptions, it does not contribute majorly to most aboriginals, who still suffer pay inequality with the rest of Canada’s minorities. This inequality has great impact to living situations, which as Marketplace was able to show, housing is already hard to get as a minority, and those are often given higher rates than their counterparts, and are 13.4% more likely to live in poverty. These people, including children