As Canada grows to become a more diverse ethnic nation, we need to consider how our current culture affects us and new Canadians. While many consider the current multicultural society to be fine, there are ways that it could change to improve the lives of all Canadians. Some options as to what Canada could strive to achieve would be multiculturalism or assimilation. On the one hand, some people believe that a society designed much like a mosaic would be ideal for Canada. On the other hand, others believe that a society with one dominant culture that everyone ÃÂÃÂmeltsÃÂÃÂ into is a better alternative. While both of these extremes may benefit Canada in some way, they are not the best situation for Canada to be in. Canada should focus less on strengthening our cultural mosaic and concentrate more on developing a society that incorporates every culture with guidelines to finally unite all Canadians.
For Canada to develop a society based on integration, immigrants can invite others from their country of origin to live in Canada. New immigrants will contribute to Canada culturally and economically and help create a stronger nation. Some people would believe that immigrants may take us farther away from a unified Canada because they will come here and only socialize with those of their own origin without contributing anything. What these people fail to realize is that immigrants come to our country to get away from the tragedies of their own so they will make an effort to become a Canadian and contribute to our society. In 1978 Pierre Trudeau introduced the Immigration Act which allowed immigrants to come to Canada based on a class system. This system prohibits people that would provide a threat to Canadians and allows those who would benefit the country as a whole.