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Wow, you're rude and disgruntled. 1.) Are you accusing Stephens of being a conservative racist? Really? The guy is pro-immigration but simply thinks that immigration only works well when combined with integration and (gasp!) assimilation. History would seem to substantiate his perspective on this. Please name some countries that have encouraged widespread immigrant tribalism and have prospered and functioned peacefully. 2.) Modern, politically correct, tribal multiculturalism in the major immigrant receiving post-colonial societies emerged before people like Limbaugh and Coulter had any impact. They are part of the response. You really need to brush up on the "chicken and egg" analogy because it appears your lack of perspective has led you to an inaccurate conclusion. 3.) Huh? What does that mean? Please make concise comments if you want to be taken seriously. 4.) Huh? What the f*** does that mean? I think you need to get some help. Seriously.

The country Justin Trudeau most admires because their basic dictatorship can get things done has just sentenced a human rights lawyer who they disappeared several years ago, to another 4 and a half years in prison for 'subversion'. The trial was conducted behind closed doors, and of course, its decision was made before it began. This is the country the Liberals were considering an extradition treaty with. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-47024825

Who's future? Huge numbers of our educated and skilled workers leave annually to seek opportunities elsewhere. Canada's time appears to have come and gone. Three decades of shortsighted and self-serving economic mismanagement by bought-and-sold elitist politicians has led as to a situation whereby we face a clearly gloomy future, a fact of which the government is well aware. According to Thomas Walkom's column in yesterday's generally pro-Lib Toronto Star, Libs like Freeland believe governments in Canada will have to massively increase subsidies just to stop Canadians from rebelling against the consequences of "liberal world order" (not my term, so don't accuse me of wearing a tinfoil hat) agenda the Libs are working hard to implement. Maybe this scenario is a Lib dream, but I suspect that for many Canadians it's a very real nightmare.

Canada needs to build closer ties to Taiwan. They can provide qualified Mandarin teachers too but without the partisanship.

There are far more young people from Asia working in the United States, with hopes of getting permanent residency (green card). Children born in the U.S. become "anchor babies".

I don't think throwing a litigious piece of paper defined outside of China has any more respect of 'sovereign' official status to them. What matters is that given we are under a pretense of a system that claims to be universally accepting of culture by its constitution, our very own 'sovereign' law contradicts the right of China to be equally protected ironically under our own laws. If not, then something is amiss by our own people's standards should our own government attempt to exclude China. That is, IF China were to challenge any attempt at excluding them from taking root here in bad faith, they can expose our system as hypocritical by our very own 'illusion' of what Multiculturalism is being sold as.

And Judaism's origin was 'secular', not originally religious! Their source was also borrowed directly of the collective of all other cultures and most prominently Egyptian's form of "multicultural' era. Morality is not derived from Gods; Gods are derived from people who want a means to command justification for their own selfish rules, especially when they lack unique moral distinction of their own rules and behavior in light of those they want to subdue with equal justification.

Stephens' columns often appear in the NY Times and like many of its writers and contributors I'd characterize him as a moderate, even if conservative, writer. His work is respected enough that he's won a Pulitzer Prize. His centrist credentials are illustrated by the fact that he was part of the conservative 'Stop Trump' movement in 2016. I try to read commentaries from all points on the political/ideological spectrum. I think it's the only way to arrive at an objective view of the world. Why eyeball apparently thinks Stephens is some right-wing hack is a mystery to me when the NY Times has a reputation of being moderately progressive. It seldom projects a hard right perspective. But we've become all too used to those on the left reacting to any opinion (or fact) they don't like with accusations of racism, a term that's been debased due to overuse and misuse. Below is an excellent article from CNN's site (another reputedly progressive MSM outlet) about the inappropriate overuse of accusations like 'racism' and 'white supremacy, noting the anti-intellectual and antidemocratic aspects entailed in this trend. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/opinions/richard-spencer-liberal-protestors-mcwhorter-opinion/index.html

Nope, we should eschew both for the same reason. Of course we'll have to stop behaving in similar fashion if we expect to be taken seriously - i.e. selling weapons to dictators and otherwise cutting deals with any where human rights are being compromised.

And Canada is particularly susceptible to self radicalization, because Canada is a fake country, the kids do not know the central narrative of their history, they are not taught it in schools, they don't have anything to have allegiance to in Canada, but kids need to fight for something, boys will be boys, but if they are lost boys, then they are easily led astray.

Japan's ambassador says we ought to be looking to other countries in Asia for trade, especially now that the Trans pacific trade agreement is in place. I'm thinking Taiwan is another area rich for exploration. The ambassador said there's a lot of unexploited potential in the trading relationship between Canada and Japan — especially now that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is in effect for seven of the 11 countries that have ratified the trade deal. Canada and Japan are charter members of the CPTPP. "From Japan's perspective, Canada is a country of natural resources — uranium, coal, and natural gas and oil," Ishikane said. "At this very moment, oil and natural gas are not exported to Japan, but also there are many other potential areas. For example, artificial intelligence is quite on the rise." https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/its-high-time-canada-shifted-its-asia-focus-away-from-china-japanese-ambassador/ar-BBSKwn9?ocid=spartandhp