I reflected on this deeply after reading, and don't know if I fully agree. I moved here 7 years ago and became a citizen last year. I am truly passionate about Canada - more than any of my Canadian-born friends. Because yes, I chose this after a lot of thought and it will remain my biggest step. Election of the Liberal party with its social values was a vindication of that carefully understood choice.

And while it sounds cool to say diversity isn't our strength and the diversity of choices is, that's not true if you're coming here from any democracy. My friend from the UK and I (who come from India) had a diversity of choices there too. We are passionate Canadians now and what we value most is the diversity here and the acceptance of it. Diversity of choice should just be a given in any society. Diversity of people on the other hand - not everyone does it and not everyone does it like Canada.