montrealgazette.com
U.S. should follow Canada's model of diversity, Clintons say in Montreal
Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton listens to his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a conference at the Bell Centre Wednesday night.
The United States is making a mistake by moving in the opposite direction of Canada on cultural diversity, immigration and social harmony, former U.S. president Bill Clinton told a receptive audience in Montreal on Wednesday night.
“Canada has done such a good job of both managing its contemporary diversity and it has a very interesting immigration system,” he said at the Bell Centre, where he and his wife, former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, made their second stop on a paid speaking tour of North America.
The 13-stop tour, An Evening with the Clintons, began in Toronto on Tuesday.
“And yet it’s still Canada,” Clinton added. “And I just think that you can model the idea that you can become more diverse and still keep your culture and your values. It’s really very good for a modern economy.”
Canada has the capacity to embrace and influence the world in a positive way, he said.
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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Bill and Hillary Clinton in Montreal
Unfortunately, there is no video of this one that I have found.
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