Is “diversity our strength”? Canada’s real strength, he said, is “our freedom,” of which diversity is a byproduct. Neverthless, we are perilously close to debating, not just the policy of “diversity” or “multiculturalism,” but the underlying sociological reality: if not diversity of race or ethnicity, then diversity of cultures or values. All the same, it seems unlikely to go away; and as it happens I think the case for diversity is robust, there seems no point in avoiding it. In any case the alternative to multiculturalism is not monoculturalism: it’s to leave culture out of it, as an object of state policy.

Source: National Post September 13, 2018 00:45 UTC