Wilfrid Laurier’s ideas on Immigrants and being a Canadian in - TopicsExpress



          

Wilfrid Laurier’s ideas on Immigrants and being a Canadian in 1907. In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes a Canadian and assimilates himself to us; he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the persons becoming in every facet a Canadian, and nothing but a Canadian... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is a Canadian, but something else also, isnt a Canadian at all. We have room for but one flag, the Canadian flag... And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the Canada
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:31:55 +0000

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