To continue the discussion of these ideas, it's remarkable how much dissonance there is in "Western" (especially Canadian) society when breaching the topic of multiculturalism, specifically in the picking-and-choosing of parts of cultures that are accepted and rejecting the rest. An example of such, as discussed above, is the hijab. As has been discussed in our class before, the cognitive dissonance between "women are forced to wear the hijab" and the resulting "in order to prevent the oppression of women we should ban the wearing of the hijab" which only succeeds in further oppression is boggling. The idea of Canada as a mosaic, as opposed to America as a melting pot, might make Canada seem like a more accepting and multi-cultural society, but when aspects of immigrant cultures are only accepted if they coincide with pre-existing values of Canadian society and are suppressed if not, all you have is a melting pot with extra steps. The examples Thobani gives relating to cultural/religious dress are a fantastic example of this: you can dress and worship however you want, as long as it doesn't actually impact any aspect of the Greater Canadian Society.