Editorial: A question of Canadian identity

For some time now, Canada has been barrelling toward its future as a robust, multicultural country that embraces immigration and welcomes refugees. So far, the experiment – which had its official beginnings under Pierre Trudeau back in 1971 ­– has been going reasonably well.
Or has it? Almost a year ago, six people died in a mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque, and while sympathy for the victims was strong, so were social media attacks against minorities. In 2017, Muslims faced