The process of globalization affects humanitarian aspects and causes active migration of the population from one continent to another, in particular from Asia to Europe, but most actively within the Asia-Pacific region (APR), i.e. from Asia to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Therefore, globalization has become the progenitor of another important humanitarian process - multiculturalism in the societies of these countries. Today, this process involves enriching Western-type cultures with Eastern traditions while preserving Europe and Asia's own cultural traditions. That is why the study of the typology of cultures of these countries of the Asia-Pacific region is relevant. It allows us to trace the continuity of traditions and understand how great the mutual enrichment of art and literature of different continents is, how it manifests itself and whether it does not prevent the birth of new trends in them.
In Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, multiculturalism is part of public policy. But only in Canada (the Multiculturalism Policy Act was passed in 1971), thanks to a set of programs, foresight and foresight of the authorities, issues that arise in society and on the world stage can be resolved at the earliest stage. Given that the United States, like Japan, is Canada's main partner and that the United States also has a multicultural situation caused by active immigration from Asian countries, it is interesting to compare how the modern cultures of Canada and the United States are developing.
The initiator of a clear definition of Canadian policy in the Asia-Pacific region was P. E. Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada in the period 1968-1984. As a result, in 1970, for the first time since World War II, a revision of Canada's foreign policy was recorded in the White Paper "Foreign Policy for Canadians"that appeared at the same time. This book consisted of six booklets, one of which was called "Pacific". It noted that "because of its geographical location, histo ...
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