[tachyonbeam]

I believe you, and I would rather live in a larger town myself. However, I think that on this front, Canada compares very well to the US, France, the UK, Brazil, China, and Japan (known for its xenophobic culture), to name a few places. No place is perfect, but we have it better here than a lot of other places, on many fronts.

[catgary]

I just want to remind you that a family of four muslims was run over by a bigot in London, Ontario in the last week. And that in 2015, Harper and the CPC traded in a dog whistle for a bullhorn when he talked about “old-stock Canadians” and proposed a “barbaric cultural practices hotline” - and that party has just spent 10+ years leading the country!

Canada has some major problems with racism, and a lot of news media (particularly in the PostMedia family) is fanning those flames.

[refurb]

Trudeau used the term old stock too. Was that a dog whistle as well? Do we have a racist PM right now?

[jacquesm]

But that's now how you improve, by comparing yourself to the worst the world has to offer. You make it seem like Canada is doing well, it isn't.