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Building Communities: Integration Efforts and Multiculturalism Programming

building communities: Recent domestic and international events, like the rise of ultra nationalist movements and protests against immigration, visible minorities and religious minorities, remind us that standing up for diversity and building communities where everyone feels included are as important today as they ever were, the budget said in laying out the overarching goals of the funding, according to CTV. The first piece 23 million more over two years for multiculturalism programming that includes the formation of a new, national anti-racism plan, but that will also be spent through community organizations to assist with integration efforts in tandem with the Liberals' decision to increase immigration levels over the next three years. Funds for multiculturalism programs, initiatives for the Black Canadian community and a new centre to better analyze and collect data on diversity and inclusion were all included in Tuesday's budget, a clear acknowledgment on the part of the Trudeau government that the current global climate is putting the prime minister's diversity is our strength mantra to the test. Details will be made public in the coming months, said Heritage Minister Melanie Joly. We decided to really invest. Joly said diversity and inclusion are fundamental for the government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.