Newcomers

Dept: You'll go wrong. You'll end up offending people so much they will not accept advice of any kind, no matter how useful, according to Montreal Gazette. It has drawn up a 20-page, 16-point guide that instructs newcomers that they should not carry out honour killings; try to bribe public officials; starve, beat or sexually assault their children; cook food that emanates strong odours; or be consistently and unjustifiably late for meetings with native Canadians and here's some advice for any municipality tempted to publish a how-to-fit-in guide for newcomers to Canada: don't do it. Four years after the municipal council of H rouxville - a small Quebec town that harboured a single immigrant family - prompted outrage by proclaiming a ban on stoning, the city of Gatineau has lurched into the treacherous terrain of cross-cultural instruction. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.