Hopefully, I won't be alone in it. As the minister in charge of the multiculturalism law, it is to make sure that the principles that underpin it are being maintained in the context of the bilingual country that we are, a country that's built on immigration, other than indigenous peoples.
It's no secret to anyone that there is a large anti-immigrant sentiment. When we see that eating away at the public narrative in a toxic way, it eats away at another fundamental pillar of our democracy, namely pluralism, which multiculturalism underpins.
People do need to integrate into Canada, in a democracy, and subscribe to and practise our values, one of them being our respect for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Key to this is making sure that we continue the investments in highlighting who we are as a country—first and foremost, Canadians, but at times united by our differences, which sometimes requires funds that we come here and humbly ask for, but it also requires engagement from all Canadians, not just elected officials, to realize that we are better because we have the ability to have discussions about our differences and realize that, at the end of the day, we're all Canadians and we're proud of it.