Multiculturalism - Not possible in Europe?
I think that sometimes the competitive global advantage of having the best state of race relations in the world is understated.
To find proof of that you wouldn't have to look further than this morning's article in the Globe and Mail on the spike in Dutch immigration to Canada.
Most of those emigrants, according to the people who help them make their moves, are leaving because of their complex and surprising feelings about the changes to Dutch society brought about by immigration.
For some, the desire to leave is a response to the immigrants themselves, and what many people here view as their violent, divisive, non-Dutch ways.
But just as many Dutch immigrants seem to be alarmed that immigration has turned their countrymen into angry, intolerant nationalists.
According to the article, the Dutch are leaving for two simple reasons. Either they can't stand the Muslims who are beginning to populate large areas of the Netherlands or simply because a lot of Dutch people can't stand the racism and tension that is caused in their country by Dutch nationalists.
Many would find the first category of people to have strange motivations to move to Canada, since many parts of Canada are also dominated by a large immigrant presence. However... most Canadians simply don't care about the issue. People here are a lot more "live, let live" in their view on society.
Since Canada is a relatively young country, it's nearly impossible for white people to credibly make a claim that Canada is a white man's land. In Europe, that claim is relatively easy to make - and almost understandable, since as I've noted before, out-of-state migration into Punjab from other Indian provinces causes Punjabis to get upset about the threat to their culture as well.
Anyways, the inevitable demographic gap that Canada will run into in the face of the baby boom retirement era may possibly be best averted by further ruining the demographic gap in Europe. Right?
In order to escape the race-relations tensions in Europe, many people, white and non-white alike may escape to Canada in order to live in a less tense environment.
To find proof of that you wouldn't have to look further than this morning's article in the Globe and Mail on the spike in Dutch immigration to Canada.
Most of those emigrants, according to the people who help them make their moves, are leaving because of their complex and surprising feelings about the changes to Dutch society brought about by immigration.
For some, the desire to leave is a response to the immigrants themselves, and what many people here view as their violent, divisive, non-Dutch ways.
But just as many Dutch immigrants seem to be alarmed that immigration has turned their countrymen into angry, intolerant nationalists.
According to the article, the Dutch are leaving for two simple reasons. Either they can't stand the Muslims who are beginning to populate large areas of the Netherlands or simply because a lot of Dutch people can't stand the racism and tension that is caused in their country by Dutch nationalists.
Many would find the first category of people to have strange motivations to move to Canada, since many parts of Canada are also dominated by a large immigrant presence. However... most Canadians simply don't care about the issue. People here are a lot more "live, let live" in their view on society.
Since Canada is a relatively young country, it's nearly impossible for white people to credibly make a claim that Canada is a white man's land. In Europe, that claim is relatively easy to make - and almost understandable, since as I've noted before, out-of-state migration into Punjab from other Indian provinces causes Punjabis to get upset about the threat to their culture as well.
Anyways, the inevitable demographic gap that Canada will run into in the face of the baby boom retirement era may possibly be best averted by further ruining the demographic gap in Europe. Right?
In order to escape the race-relations tensions in Europe, many people, white and non-white alike may escape to Canada in order to live in a less tense environment.
posted by Japnaam Singh at
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