WorldNetDaily: A nation built on � politeness (Oh Canada by Ted Byfield):
[...] One of the many earnest intellectuals who write in Canada's national media shared with the country last week his perception of the liberal paradise that Canada is becoming. It's the only country in the world, he writes, 'where women can live in real equality, where it's OK to be gay, and where people pick up after their dogs.' [...]
What made the article noteworthy, however, was not its fundamental absurdity – i.e., that what ostensibly distinguishes Canada can also be found in virtually every country in the Western world – but rather two curious aspects. One was the complete absence of religion in the social composite of the envisioned country. It is mentioned only as a detriment currently preventing the election of the Conservative party, and obviously something that must be abandoned.
The other is the assumption that the real builders of the New Canada will be the Asian and African immigrants, "the millions of new arrivals who have landed at our docks and airports," and are already "transforming us." In other words, the force that will fuel this ultra-polite utopia of serial marriage, gay pride parades, childless households and godless hedonism is the immigrant.
A couple of developments seem to have escaped Mr. Ibbitson's notice. One is the fact that church attendance in Canada, for the first time in four decades, is rising. The second is that the chief factor making it rise is the overwhelming devotion to Christianity of the immigrants, particularly those from Asia and Africa.
Canadians must learn to see themselves, writes Mr. Ibbitson, "through the eyes of a young woman arriving here from Manila." One wonders: Has he ever actually met any young women arriving here from Manila. I've known at least a dozen. They are, every last one of them, either devout Catholics, or Protestants with a strong Evangelical bent. At least half have married Caucasian Canadians and have been raising relatively large and delightful families, with all the children going to church.
To my knowledge, none has ever taken part in a gay pride parade – in fact, they regard such things as objects of horror – though several are active in the pro-life movement. A number are professional women who have raised families and regained a career, but I don't think any would comfortably describe herself as "a feminist." [...]
