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Uneasy partners : multiculturalism and rights in Canada / Janice Gross Stein ... [and others] ; with an introduction by Frank Iacobucci.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiculturalism--Canada.
- Multiculturalism.
- Civil rights--Canada.
- Civil rights.
- Canada.
- Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 165 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfred Laurier University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Canada has enjoyed an enviable record of success as a multicultural society, but new debates on multiculturalism are bubbling to the surface. The contributors to this volume examine the conflict between equality rights, as embedded in the Charter, and multiculturalism as policy and practice, asking which charter value should trump which and under what circumstances. The opening essay deliberately sharpens the conflict among religion, culture, and equality rights and proposes to shift some of the existing boundaries. Other contributors disagree, arguing that this position might limit freedoms in the name of justice, that the problem is badly framed, or that silence is a virtue in rebalancing norms. The contributors not only debate the issues but infuse their discussion with personal experiences that have shaped their perspectives on multiculturalism in Canada. This volume is a highly personal as well as strongly analytic discussion of multiculturalism in Canada today.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Frank Iacobucci ix
- Searching for Equality / Janice Gross Stein 1
- Don't Blame Multiculturalism / Haroon Siddiqui 23
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie / John Ibbitson 49
- An Evolutionary Story / David Robertson Cameron 71
- Canada: J'accuse/J'adore: Extracts from a Memoir / John Meisel 95
- Seismic Tremors: Religion and the Law / Michael Valpy 119
- Disentangling the Debate / Will Kymlicka 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781554580125
- 1554580129
- OCLC:
- 124034532
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