Canada is the first country in the world to have a policy of multiculturalism at the federal level.

加拿大是世界上第一个把多元文化政策作为一项法令颁布的国家。

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In the programmatic-political usage 'multiculturalism' refers to specific types of programs and policy initiatives designed to respond to and manage ethnic diversity.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

By acknowledging the rights of individuals and groups and ensuring their equitable access to society, advocates of multiculturalism also maintain that such a policy benefits both individuals and the larger society by reducing pressures for social conflict based on disadvantage and inequality.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Rather, it was free-market economics and globalization that caused the mass migration of Muslims from East to West -- and multiculturalism was simply a policy response.

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