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Old 07-31-2014, 12:10 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Nah, what do we know about diversity?

Toronto, with a population of 2.79 million people (5.5 million in the GTA - Greater Toronto Area) is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the world and is ranked as the safest large metropolitan area in North America by Places Rated Almanac.
Over 140 languages and dialects are spoken here, and just over 30 per cent of Toronto residents speak a language other than English or French at home.
Diversity - Toronto Facts - Your City | City of Toronto
All people who settled for Canada when they knew they couldn't get into the States.

And yes, I personally know two people who used Canada as a stepping stone to the US. One from Taiwan the other from Algeria.
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Old 07-31-2014, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Toronto is not Canada and diversity does not mean only foreign born people.
Our big cities are very diverse.
Diversity doesn't only mean foreign-born. It also encompasses stuff like homosexuality. We're quite tolerant in that respect, too. Nobody ran around with their hair on fire when they legalized SSM across the board. People just shrugged and said "Sure, why not?"
We celebrate diversity.
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Old 07-31-2014, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Fully one third of Montreal residents and about half in Vancouver are visible minorities.
We know nothing about diversity.
The visible minority population of the country as a whole is rather generously estimated at less than 20%. Many US states have a black fraction that exceeds that and in several parts of the country, the real "visible minority" is now white. Canada is white bread outside of a couple of the major cities.
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Old 07-31-2014, 12:25 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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The visible minority population of the country as a whole is rather generously estimated at less than 20%. Many US states have a black fraction that exceeds that and in several parts of the country, the real "visible minority" is now white. Canada is white bread outside of a couple of the major cities.
Lol! Just about everyone lives in the major cities.
Face it....you failed.
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Old 07-31-2014, 04:48 PM
 
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Toronto is not Canada and diversity does not mean only foreign born people.
So taking ethnicity and culture out of the equation to remove those quotients provided by "foreign born" would then leave "race".

I think I see where you're going here.

Is it your conjecture the problem we're not having to deal with as regards "diversity" is because we weren't as highly invested in slavery and it's resultant segregation issues? That seems the only category you've mentioned singularly; being the density of blacks in a previous post.
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Old 07-31-2014, 05:16 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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It isn't. Any country:
1) where cops get away with killing and beating unarmed citizens, including pregnant and disabled people
2) Run by warmongering fools
3) that treats corporations like people
4) that is beyond paranoid and spies on its own citizens
5) that can legally murder its own citizens or send them to guantanamo
6) with the highest prison population in the world, housed in privately run for profit jails

Cannot possibly be considered the best in the world.
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Old 07-31-2014, 09:54 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas,Nevada
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It isn't. Any country:
1) where cops get away with killing and beating unarmed citizens, including pregnant and disabled people
2) Run by warmongering fools
3) that treats corporations like people
4) that is beyond paranoid and spies on its own citizens
5) that can legally murder its own citizens or send them to guantanamo
6) with the highest prison population in the world, housed in privately run for profit jails

Cannot possibly be considered the best in the world.
The best country on Earth, We never said it is perfect....We have our issues, and with liberalsim failing it is only a matter time until libertarians restore this nation.
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Old 07-31-2014, 10:02 PM
 
Location: LA, CA/ In This Time and Place
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The fact that a country that started as thirteen colonies, within a century and a half became the world's most powerful country is very admirable. Just look at the size of our economy!
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Old 07-31-2014, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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The fact that a country that started as thirteen colonies, within a century and a half became the world's most powerful country is very admirable. Just look at the size of our economy!
Can we have the money back that we lent lent you, or are you still broke?
No cheques.
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Old 08-01-2014, 04:53 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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I take it that that's a 'no'?
You cannot repay this debt at this time?
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