Yes indeed, beam him up Scottie.

Progress does not involve islands of disunited cultures. The goal is not to make North America like Europe. In North America the goal is to "progress" beyond differences. North American has had enough cultural rivalry's in it's history as is.

Do you know how to multi quote?

not yet, but I'll look into it.

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Yes. And I think you'll find that's the law. It will tend not to happen, of course, as it'd be a bother for a, say, Russian store owner to learn, say, Cantonese in order to understand the day-to-day mechanics of the mall.

Not in Canada, it isn't. The ethos of the country is multiculturalism, a different language spoken in each neighbourhood. That's the best feature of the place.

So you seem to think somebody set a goal...

I'm inclined to assume the process will evolve. That society will make it up as it goes along much as it has always done

Mexico, The United States of America and Canada all have different policies towards immigration and society integration. Who set the "goal" for North America and when was this?

I am still intrigued where these islands of disunited cultures are. You gave Richmond as an example, but if this is the most extreme example then we are, as country, in a happy place. I do concede that it is an island.

Back to the Asian mall. Well, why not? It is business. Have you not noticed that in each city there is an area where all the furniture stores concentrate or where all the car dealers are situated. (I had never heard of an Auto Mall until I came to Canada.) It makes business sense to put businesses that serve a particular market together so it becomes a destination for the serious shopper.

In Richmond there is Asia West, a huge area of Asian stores, services and restaurants. There is nothing to stop me, or any other person of any hue, from visiting, shopping and eating there. Sure, in some places you have to point a bit more, but that is not exactly evidence that society is disintegrating.

A little to the south of Asia West is the British Shoppe in Steveston. Do you think this should change its name as sell Kraft dinners?

Toronto consists of islands of cultures; seven Chinatowns, Koreatown, Ethiopean Village, Little India, the Bangledeshi bit not yet named, Greektown, Little Italy, that anglo-Irish ghetto called the Beach, Boystown, the cluster of Persian stuff around Yonge and Shepherd, the orthodox Jewish section of Bathurst, the Vietnamese stores along Gerrard, the Portuguese area and it's offshoot the Brazilian bit (slightly corrupted by those people from Macao but it's almost a cultural island), the cluster of Turkish coffee shops near the Turkish-Canadian culture centre, all those Eastern Europeans in the west end, on and on.

That's the best thing about the city. It goes a long way toward being what the Canadian government promises to immigrants; a place where you can live in your own culture while working with people who live in theirs. And, so long as no one mentions Israel or Palestine, it more or less works; it's very common for school kids to have three passports.

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The question is why is Cantonese, Mandarin, Punjabi or any other language being spoken and used here? The official languages of the country are English and French.
That is the worst feature of this place and is cultural segregation plain and simple. People simply do not understand what multiculturalism means. Their perspective has no depth. They think it is suppose to be some kind of racism free Cumbia society but all multiculturalism does is create it. Multiculturalism epitomizes the very thing it seeks to overcome.
I can only hope that you are right and that it does. Unity of a people are at stake.
Nobody set the goal, it is how the continent formed. North America is not like Europe. In Mexico the Spanish intermixed with the native North Americans. In the US and Canada different European cultures intermixed. You may say "but what about the blacks in the US or the French in Quebec" but they are both North American peoples. Even the native North Americans not confined to reserves share in the greater overall culture and contributed to it.
Your perspective has no depth. Look, you said it yourself, pointing and grunting means that you are not likely to invite them over to your place for a drink and to socialize, but nether are the Indians, Natives, Filipino's, Koreans, Africans or anyone else. You must stick with your own culture you see.

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Smarty pants....She's be well pleased