The Aga Khan teaches us that truly successful societies embrace pluralism. In many local schools, especially on Vancouver's East Side, diversity and pluralism is the norm. I grew up as an Eastsider, and today my daughter attends her local elementary school near Fraser street.
Each year the school conducts a multicultural potluck dinner, where families sit shoulder-to-shoulder with cultures from around the globe. Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Filipinos, Chinese, Europeans of many stripes together, sharing a meal, celebrating their community.
We are proud of this harmony, and we appreciate that it's a rare thing beyond our borders.
Most impressed, that is true pluralism at the grass root level. The world has to learn a lot from Canada.