Toronto: Improvised City
The Vietnamese boat people take centre stage in this novel of immigrant themes April 2005
Great cities spin myths. Toronto’s myth is that it is the most multicultural place on earth, a place of disappearing majorities. More than 100,000 immigrants flock to the city every year: despite the myth, they have a hard time trying to fit in. Their children know better. There’s nothing to fit into; the city is all about…