One of my pet peeves are nations built by immigrants turning inward, you know, promoting their inner Land of the Rising Sun (Japan). By that I mean, promoting monoculturalism. Japan is not a melting pot, hence why it's suffering from a declining population. That's what happens when they have a hard time accepting foreigners (such a gross term, my dream is for the world to use fellow earthlings instead). On the other hand, countries like Canada and Australia thrive on it, and for that reason it's even more embarrassing if they go down a bigoted path.
Thankfully, Canada has a habit of installing diversity at the forefront of their leadership. (One thing left to improve on, actually elect a non-European PM, but at least one of the main political parties, NDP is led by a Sikh). Trudeau's new cabinet continues the trend. The following is a list of all the visible minorities that were sworn in at Rideau Hall on Oct 26, 2021.
Omar Alghabra: Minister of Transport
Anita Anand: Minister of National Defence
Ahmed Hussen: Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion
Marci Ien: Minister for Women, Gender Equality and Youth
Kamal Khera: Minister of Seniors
Mary Ng: Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
Pablo Rodriguez: Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant
Harjit Sajjan: Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
Now compare the above list to a similar sized fellow Commonwealth nation known for multiculturalism, Australia and it's like comparing apples to oranges. Australia's current cabinet is literally bare. For all its diversity, they have a total of zero non white skin tones holding a cabinet portfolio, best they can manage is having a Treasurer who has Jewish Hungarian/Polish roots. Should we be surprised, this a nation that keeps electing leaders that are racist, yes, the general Anglo-Saxon/European populace is still a good two decades behind the openness of Canada's white population (as you can see, an Argentine born Latino is heading up Canadian heritage, that would be unheard of in Australia), add to that the fact many products of immigrants in Australia have a jealousy towards new arrivals. Who knows, maybe one day Anglo's won't dominate the power structure of the rear end of the world.
Talking about diversity, the great nation of Chile could well elect as President, Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old with a Croatian father. I expect wall-to-wall coverage of Chile votes on Nov 21. Imagine if an election outside the US actually gave the globe a collective shortness of breath (too soon). The irony is, Americans care little about the world, yet knowingly give out all their personal data to a company (known to propagate imbecility, named after something a clock does) founded and operated in a "little" communist land known as China. I can see it now, Gambia's presidential election on Dec 4 will break the internet, you might even forget to eat that day due to the intrigue and anticipation.
