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10/25/2007: "Small town thwarts multiculturalism and thrives"

Nine months ago, when this tiny village in central Quebec adopted a code of conduct that banned the stoning of women and informed newcomers “at the end of every year we decorate a tree with balls and tinsel and some lights,” there were snickers from some quarters.

“They don’t laugh anymore,” Herouxville resident Bernard Thompson said yesterday.

Mr. Dumont was the first to tap into Quebec’s identity crisis last year when he suggested public authorities were going too far in accommodating religious minorities. While Mr. Charest and then-PQ leader Andre Boisclair downplayed the Herouxville initiative, Mr. Dumont called it “a heartfelt cry” and made the issue central to his election campaign. More recently he has said Quebec needs to cap its immigration levels because it is not successfully integrating new arrivals.

[ Multiculturalism doesn't work. It makes society paranoid. End multiculturalism, end most of that problem and motivate people toward culture. ]

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/10/did_herouxville.php