Whose cultures?
David Cameron declared multiculturalism a failure last week. But where does the idea come from?
— In the late 1960s the Canadian government set up a Royal Commission into ‘Bilingualism and Biculturalism’ to unite the English- and French-speaking parts of the country. It suggested a policy to champion other ethnic groups, too.
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