The columnist pretends that the massive changes in Canada had NOTHING to do with government policies.

Wow.

I mean WOW.

Does he have a twin over in Japan or India, by chance? I mean, are there columnists in Japan and India saying to readers: "Oh, well, the reason in 2017 we have a citizenry that is 99 percent ethnic Japanese in Japan and following Japanese cultural traditions, well, that has NOTHING to do with government policies related to immigration and culture", and, oh, "well, the reason in 2017 we have a citizenry that is 99 percent ethnic Indian in India and following Indian cultural traditions, well, that has NOTHING to do with government policies related to immigration and culture".

I mean, it is every bit as RIDICULOUS to pretend that the Japanese and Indian populations are what they are in those countries for reasons that have NOTHING to do with government policy, as it is to ridiculously pretend that Canada's trajectory also has nothing to do with government policies.