Calgary, the Cow Town, is still the home of the world famous Calgary
Stampede. However, Calgary is changing.
The Statscan report 1996 Census: Ethnic Origin, Visible Minorities
released February 17, 1998, revealed that Calgary's visible minority population
in 1996 had soared to 16% of the population.
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The tourist magazine Where Calgary (August, 1998) boasts there
are "one in ten people of Chinese descent living
in this city."
Is this good or bad?
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Whatever the answer, more fundamental are questions of democracy.
Were Calgarians ever asked whether
they wanted this change? Were Albertans? Were Canadians?
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