Canada was the first country in the world to adopt multiculturalism as an official policy. This is exemplary, considering that not even a century prior, Canada had been one of the least hospitable places for refugees and minorities. Canada had adopted the value of diversity, allowing its citizens to participate in acts that were once condemned to them in the past, and allowing people to value belonging in the once harshly ruled country. This policy had become a law, allowing 2013 to be marked as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act (Discover Canada). This act had been defined as a “fundamental Canadian characteristic” as it “recognizes the diversity of Canadians as regards race, national or ethnic origin, colour and religion as a fundamental characteristic of Canadian society and is committed to a policy of multiculturalism designed to preserve and enhance the multicultural heritage of Canadians while working to achieve the equality of all Canadians in the economic, social, cultural, and political life of Canada” (Discover