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reasonable accommodation?
March 9, 2007 - 11:13 PM
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Canada is unique in its adoption of multiculturalism as an official policy. Multiculturalism has allowed cultural minorities to retain their identity yet still feel Canadian and be proud of it. But multiculturalism is built on a paradox: nations need to be built on a sense of a shared identity yet multiculturalism is based on the idea that everyone's identity is equal and so everyone should keep their identity. This tension between these two ideas creates the problem of reasonable accomodation: how much should Canadian society accomodate to the needs (usually religious) of cultural minorities? What is reasonable accomodation and what is unreasonable accomodation? How does multiculturalism cope with cultural traditions incompatible with Canada's constitutional values? Why do you think the debate is so strong today? Why is there so much disagreement?
This post was edited on: 2007-03-10 at 11:29 AM by: Sarah-H
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Re: reasonable accommodation?
March 11, 2007 - 09:47 PM
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1. Canada is not unique in this respect. Look south.
2. Accommodate as long as everything is being done with consent. Canada is within its rights to prevent FGM to a baby not able to provide consent. It would not be in its rights to ban the hijab, and I hope it never takes that tacky French move.
3. If you can live with a bunch of whiners like Quebec, you can live with anyone.
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