Mayor Marc Bureau: Herouxville

Dept: The administration of Mayor Marc Bureau says it published its list of essential values to help the newly arrived fit in and learn how to interact in their new environment, according to the guide, according to Globe and Mail. We receive immigrants from diverse horizons and cultures, Ms. Apollon, who herself immigrated from Haiti decades ago, said on Sunday. Behaviours aren t uniform around the globe. There can be irritants. The guide is already drawing comparisons to the controversial code of conduct adopted by the Quebec village of Herouxville during the heat of the province s reasonable accommodation debate in 2007. Unlike Herouxville, however, which banned stonings even though it only had a single immigrant family, Gatineau is home to about 250,000 and has seen a surge in international immigration in recent years. We are basically saying: Thank you for coming to Gatineau, we re very happy you re here, and this is how things work, said Mireille Apollon, the councillor responsible for cultural diversity in the city, which lies within the National Capital Region across the river from Ottawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.