viduals being favored at the expense of another? Are immigrants treated as full-fledged Canadians or will they always be second in line? Also included in this analysis will be a short history of multiculturalism in Canada. The main focus of this paper will be to determine if multiculturalism in Canada encourages Canadian society to flourish or if the government has made an irreversible mistake in its acceptance of "outsiders".

In a pluralistic society, as is the Canadian, multiculturalism is given the opportunity to diverge into many paths- some more recognized than others. Along with this multinational acceptance emerges the term "minority group". An ethnic minority is defined as "a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, that is socially disadvantaged"(Macionis, Benoit & Jansson, 1999 p. 209). According to this definition, humans of a darker skin tone are coined not only immigrants but also as members of visible minori

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