The Secret Life of Canada
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Porter Primers: Building a multicultural Canada

The Secret Life of Canada
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Canada’s much-touted multiculturalism was hard-fought-for and started to materialize in the aftermath of immigration policy changes in the 1950s and 60s. A lot of that change is thanks to Black sleeping car porters and their ability to politic with influential passengers on their train routes.

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