Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau introduced the policy in 1971 to the House of Commons and faced no oppositions goal: protect and promote diversity, recognize Aboriginal rights, support Canada’s official 2 languages, support development of all ethnic groups, help ethnic groups conquer obstacles to fit in Canadian society, encourage collaboration in all ethnic groups, help immigrants learn at least one of Canada's official languages recognized in the Charter of Rights and Freedom in 1982 while Canadians value cultural diversity, people wanted a definition of being Canadian that included different origins
Canada was the first country in the world to establish an official multicultural policy, a lot of countries followed

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still reported discrimination: 35% Chinese immigrants, 28% South Asians, 44% African Canadians, 19% white immigrants created a conflict with Quebec
Quebec suggested a bill that would excuse Quebec from the Multiculturalism Act in May 2008
52% of people believe that Canada should learn from other countries on how they deal with cultural diversity many Canadians still don’t know what the idea of ”multiculturalism” is, can be described as a “project in the works” because its direction was never properly made clear of

21% of Canadians are born outside the country
93.5% of Canadians speak at least one of Canada’s official languages along with their native language schools recognizing significant Canadian events in history regarding different ethnicities (Black History Month)
Canada is the leader among multicultural understanding
Canada is the world’s most successful multicultural society
Canadians began to define themselves as citizens of a multicultural society
Canadians who speak a lot of languages and understand a lot cultures makes it easier for Canada to take part globally in areas of education and trade networking is made possible by a multicultural society that has people who speak more than one