Immigration policy frm 1907

It is short and to the point.

What Wilfred Laurier thought of the immigrants wanting to
become Canadians in 1907.

"First of all we must insist that the immigrant that comes
here is willing to become a Canadian and is willing to
assimilate our ways. He should be treated on equal grounds
and it would be shameful to discriminate against such a
person for reasons of their beliefs or the place of birth or
origin. But it is the responsibility of that person to
become a Canadian in all aspects of life, nothing else but a
Canadian. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man
who says that he is a Canadian but tries to impose his
customs and habits upon us, is not a Canadian. We have room
for only one flag, the Canadian flag. There is room for only
two languages here, English and French. And we have room for
loyalty but only one - loyalty to the Canadian people. We
won't accept anyone, I'm saying anyone, who will try to
impose his religion or his customs on us."  

Wilfred Laurier - 1907 


Sounds like it makes alot of sense to me...
What do you think?