Multiculturalism, Cultural Community: Is it about Culture or Ethnicity? The Canadian Approach.

The article analyzes the shift from culture to ethnicity. It discusses the Canadian pyramidal society, Canada's multiculturalism and the cultural policy in Quebec. In Canada, multiculturalism is a political term with a political goal which refers to legislation embodied in a specific administrative body. Although multiculturalism may use the term culture and have a cultural impact, it has primarily an ethnic and political one. A multicultural policy in the country is the solution to possible ethnic conflicts. The more ethnic Canadian society is, the more it will depend on culture for its self-definition.