http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...-minority.html

This kinda a reminded me of the culture discussion we had on here. What do you guys think about this, especially considering we are all kinda inheriting the future?

As far as I know Canada needs immigration for the population to grow so its fine by me. If people want to come live here that's their prerogative, assuming they go about it properly (that is to say legally).

Don't see why it matters. A color is a color. Not like us white folk are populating this country.

I'll predict some sort of shift will happen though: white man will be on the receiving end of discrimination soon enough. XD

I can't see how this could have any significant effect on anything.

Originally Posted by Souldier

I can't see how this could have any significant effect on anything.

I think it really depends on if immigration will be expanding into other areas of Canada.

I don't think anyone who lives in any of the major centers would really notice anything. If however a lot of immigrants started moving to places without a lot of immigrants people there might start to see changes that we might have seen here probably 10 + years ago.

Again though, nothing significant.

By changes I just meant stuff that's common place in lots of areas already. ie if a lot of immigrants from a certain Country or area of the world start to populate your area you would see a lot of stores that cater to their needs (food etc).

Originally Posted by Souldier

I can't see how this could have any significant effect on anything.

having 30% of the population born in another country has to have some effect, don't ask me what though.

Originally Posted by lawleypop

white man will be on the receiving end of discrimination soon enough. XD

White people are already discriminated against all the time, simply because people are too worried about pleasing minorities.

A true end to racism would mean nobody thought about race or culture at all.

Originally Posted by Taunton

White people are already discriminated against all the time, simply because people are too worried about pleasing minorities.

A true end to racism would mean nobody thought about race or culture at all.

ik that, i meant more so than usual. xD

or maybe white people will be the ones in all the anti-discriminatory laws. olol.

everyone should just be forced to permanently color their skins striped with all the colors of all the ppl in the world. problem solved.

I think my biggest concern is that they are letting immigrants settle in the big cities, why not expand that and have them fill out other areas of Canada. Im curious to see how immigration will impact Canadians over the years tho. Employers can already discriminate against you if you are white, I think people are going to get resentful over the years but I hope theres no serious conflict between different groups.

Originally Posted by jo87

I think people are going to get resentful over the years but I hope theres no serious conflict between different groups.

I think people are going to get resentful too. When the Federal government came to Mac to present potential jobs to graduates, they had fun explaining their policy of putting people from minority cultures, native people, women and disabled people before white men.

It's just as wrong to discriminate against white men as it is to discriminate based on other races or genders!

Originally Posted by jo87

I think my biggest concern is that they are letting immigrants settle in the big cities, why not expand that and have them fill out other areas of Canada. Im curious to see how immigration will impact Canadians over the years tho. Employers can already discriminate against you if you are white, I think people are going to get resentful over the years but I hope theres no serious conflict between different groups.

Section 6 of the charter.

How could the government make ppl live somewhere they don't wanna?

It makes sense. What kind of family from Sri Lanka or whatever would move to Bowmanville? XDD

Originally Posted by Taunton

I think people are going to get resentful too. When the Federal government came to Mac to present potential jobs to graduates, they had fun explaining their policy of putting people from minority cultures, native people, women and disabled people before white men.

It's just as wrong to discriminate against white men as it is to discriminate based on other races or genders!

This is the only circumstance where I've ever said that America is actually ahead of Canada in something.

Originally Posted by Taunton

I think people are going to get resentful too. When the Federal government came to Mac to present potential jobs to graduates, they had fun explaining their policy of putting people from minority cultures, native people, women and disabled people before white men.

It's just as wrong to discriminate against white men as it is to discriminate based on other races or genders!

True, but the federal government has a history of discriminating against a lot of those groups you've mentioned (and in some cases ongoing discrimination).

Originally Posted by sinthusized

True, but the federal government has a history of discriminating against a lot of those groups you've mentioned (and in some cases ongoing discrimination).

You can't change the past. Not discriminating against them now doesn't change what happened in the past. I understand that they're trying to right their wrongs, but how the heck is discriminating against white men who had NOTHING TO DO with what the govt was doing in the past fair?

By your logic, 50 years from now, the govt will realize that "oh my, look at that, we've been discriminating against white people for the past 50 years" and then we'll be back to square 1.

Originally Posted by sinthusized

True, but the federal government has a history of discriminating against a lot of those groups you've mentioned (and in some cases ongoing discrimination).

It's really quite simple.

Two wrongs don't make a right. A potential candidate should be considered based on their abilities, not on their colour, age, gender, or if they're disabled or not. End of story.

I couldn't care less what has happened in the past; by correcting actions and behaviours now and sticking by it, everything can be corrected with time.