Trudeau at Auschwitz: The Achilles Heel of Multiculturalism

In November of last year, Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a speech in London England, setting out his view of Canada's values: "Compassion, acceptance, and trust; diversity and inclusion--these are the things that have made Canada strong and free", he noted, and continued: "We have a responsibility--to ourselves and to the world--to show that inclusive diversity is a strength, and a force that can vanquish intolerance, radicalism and hate." Trudeau, then, emphasizes something he calls "inclusive diversity". His father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was responsible for the concept of multiculturalism finding its way into Section 27 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. This section of the Charter was part of a range of provisions that helps determine how rights in other sections of the Charter should be interpreted and applied by the courts. It is believed that section 27 "officially recognized" a Canadian value, namely multiculturalism.