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This essay discusses how diasporic writing has questioned claims of Canada's multicultural policies to recognize the history and culture of its diasporic citizens. A detailed reading of Roy Kiyooka's catalogue of poems and photographs, "StoneDGloves" is presented. Here, Kiyooka traces a history of race-labor in the Canadian nation's foundation and attempts to redress state policies of racial discrimination. The author suggests that texts like "StoneDGloves" and the novel "Salt Fish Girl" help in the formation of a diasporic counterpublic.