What does the recent spate of protests by Tamil-Canadians in Toronto, and the attitude of other Canadians toward the disruptions, say about the success of Canadas integration model?
I think the Tamil case was exceptional. [It’s] not an indicator of any general breakdown in the way the concerns of ethnic groups are entering the political process. Canadians generally understand and accept that immigrants have strong concerns about events in their homeland, and will mobilize in times of crisis, and normally politicians would find a way to create channels of communication. But in this case, politicians were terrified of being caught in a photo where someone was waving the Tamil Tiger flag, and hence being labelled soft on terrorism, so they stayed away from the initial peaceful demonstrations. It therefore took dramatic action by the Tamils to get any attention from the politicians. Recent research on social cohesion by Toronto academics Jeffrey Reitz and Rupa Banerjee shows that children of visible-minority immigrants feel less of a sense of belonging than offspring of white immigrants. Does this concern you? The findings about feelings of belonging in Canada are ind
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