Multiculti pap and crap

From Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) a definition of multiculturalism:

Canadian multiculturalism is fundamental to our belief that all citizens are equal. Multiculturalism ensures that all citizens can keep their identities, can take pride in their ancestry and have a sense of belonging. Acceptance gives Canadians a feeling of security and self-confidence, making them more open to, and accepting of, diverse cultures. The Canadian experience has shown that multiculturalism encourages racial and ethnic harmony and cross-cultural understanding, and discourages ghettoization, hatred, discrimination and violence.

Through multiculturalism, Canada recognizes the potential of all Canadians, encouraging them to integrate into their society and take an active part in its social, cultural, economic and political affairs.

Talk about nonsense and inversions of the truth! Parsing line by line:

"... fundamental to our belief that all citizens are equal." Bullcrap! It’s fundamental to the nonsensical notion that all cultures are equal. It gives precedence to groups over individual citizens.

" ... ensures that all citizens can keep their identities, can take pride in their ancestry and have a sense of belonging. " More nonsense. In the absence of official multiculturalism there’s nothing that denies people these things.

"Acceptance gives Canadians a feeling of security and self-confidence, making them more open to, and accepting of, diverse cultures." Let’s just say that it hasn’t done this for me and I doubt that I’m alone.

"The Canadian experience has shown that multiculturalism encourages racial and ethnic harmony and cross-cultural understanding, and discourages ghettoization, hatred, discrimination and violence." Only in CIC’s dreams! If anything it encourages ghettoization, discrimination and violence - take Toronto’s experience as an example.

"...recognizes the potential of all Canadians..." This is just feel-good boilerplate. Any healthy, fully free society automatically takes the potential of all it’s citizens as a given.

"... encouraging them to integrate into their society ..." This is a characteristic of a melting pot not multiculturalism.

Our governments should, if anything, stick to fostering a Canadian culture that all citizens can identify with, take pride in and defend. They should encourage and strengthen individual rights and freedoms. That’s the key to building a strong, proud and free society. And it should go without saying that people are also free to pursue their own unique cultural enthusiasms on their own dime and time.

H/t’s to scaramouche ("Multiculturalism is a fraud and a sham...") and Blazing Cat Fur.