Yesterday’s post on the “Canadian Values” debate prompted an email response from Neil Remington Abramson on the subject. I thought his points were well reasoned, so I asked if I could share them with you, and he graciously consented. Admittedly I haven’t taken the question of immigrants swearing to Canadian values very seriously because we […]

There is an ongoing debate in Canada these days over just what constitutes “Canadian values.” The discussion was started by a Conservative Party leadership candidate who suggested potential immigrants be screened with a values test. Needless to say this brought much disdain. There was the suggestion that there was no need to define such values, […]