Most Canadians are pleased to welcome in families of Syrian refugees. It is gratifying, after all, to wave “Welcome” posters at the airport, hand over second-hand ski jackets, scarves and mittens to grateful strangers, or even offer them your basement suite.
But the real test of how well a society adapts to newcomers is to wait six months, and then a year, and then a generation, and see how the newcomers fare over time.
