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We all have rights

I am a proud Canadian and I am an immigrant. I came to Canada to seek a better life for myself and my family.

Sure we have traditions that we have brought with us from our old countries and still celebrate them here in Canada. Robbie Burns Birthday, St Andrews Day, the Irish St Patrick's day, English celebrate St Georges day, and we assimilated into the Canadian way of life. Most all Canadians celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Year, and some other equally important days of celebration. 

I agree with Mr. Langhorn’s view that we should be tolerant because that's the Canadian way, but we should also have the rights and freedoms to speak up if we think something is not right, without the fear of being called a racist.

The big difference now is that the immigrants coming here to Canada at present, and I do not want to brand any particular migrant group, but it does seem like it is the migrants coming in from the Middle Eastern countries, that are bringing to Canada, their religion and traditions, and demand and insist that we have to conform with there religions and traditions. That we have to change our traditions, religions, culture and way of life to their’s. There the problem lies, because if we say no then we are branded as racists, which is totally wrong as Mr. Langhorn states.

They have rights. Well so do we and we should be allowed to express our rights and fears, without being branded a racist. 

Racism is a word being used far too often these days. When a Canadian has a difference of opinion from an immigrant, he is called a racist just because he has an opinion that is different from their’s and it should be stopped .  

Thomas James McLuskey



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