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economist suntribune the cultural mosaic saturday april 13 2002 kttiups need to practise y copps says by jessica rpwlands special canadas cultural communities need to break out of their shells and interact with the rest of canadian society- her itage minister- sheila copps told a markham audience celebrating pakistan national day we need to move beyond multicul- turalism to interculturalism said ms copps who was speaking sunday at the crystal fountain banquet hall on 14th avenue the next challenge is about build ing bridges not walls thats whats truly canadian the event which raised 31000 for the markham stouflvule hospital was attended by a whos who of local politi- cians five liberal mps including rev enue minister elinor caplah and junior finance minister john mccallum bryon wilfert- whose- oak ridges riding includes whitchufchstouffville york region chairman bill fisch markham mayor don cousens and pakistan consul general iftikhar araini ms copps encouraged the 850 guests to disregard cultural scaremongering and influence the media to show the abundance of diversity in canada she also encouraged greater dia logue amongst the nations religious groups as well as the teaching of world religions in schools allinan effort to build cultural bridges in the postsept 11 world i thought ms copps speech was fabulous her advice was good and everybody loved it said markham ward 7 councillor khalid usman who helped organize the event i think her challenge to the commu nity was a highlight money raised from the dinner was more than enough to the hospital a piece of- cardiovascular equipment called a life pack physio control another speaker harpdn siddiqui the toronto stars editorial page editor emeritus told the audience that actions not race or religious affiliation should be how people are judged ordinary canadian citizens have nothing to do with terrorism said mr siddiqui who was honoured during the dinner for his journalistic work against charges laid after iga deposits stolen a 44yearold markham woman faces charges after 25000 in cash deposits disappeared from an iga on 1 hwy 7 in unionville store bookkeepers noticed the loss of three deposit bags over the months of december january and february said york regional police const steve morrell these were daily deposits and the bpokkeepingpeople noticed one days receipts missing from each month const morrell said they conducted ariinterrial investigation and then called lis r a former employee who left the job about the same time the last bag went was the focus of the police probe he said itke markham woman was arrested wednesday and charged with theft over 5ooo u she appears in court may 8 discrimination mr siddiqui noted pakistani canadians have been discriminated against since the us terrorist attacks despite this he encouraged the audience to make the community a better place for yourselves and for all of us individual success comes before group success also honoured for their work were 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