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Storm Clouds: Mark Hecht and Opinion Piece

storm clouds: On Friday Sept. 6, The Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province published an opinion piece on their websites titled Mark Hecht Ethnic diversity harms a country's social trust, economic well-being, argues professor, according to National Observer. But Mark Hecht is an instructor, not a professor; a commentator, not an expert. Now that we are a breath away from the writ dropping, the storm clouds are gathering. And that's the least of the problems with his piece. The newspapers corrected the headline when they published the article in the weekend print edition. He's a geography instructor at Calgary's Mount Royal University. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.