Our values alive and well

Contrary to what some people will try to tell you, there are Canadian values. We aren't just a collection of disparate people who happen to occupy the same country. We're one of the few nations on earth with a native-born and immigrant population that welcomes people from all over the world to come here, work hard, obey the law, live in peace and freedom, and help each other. To pick one of countless examples, Canada is Jamaican-Canadians extending a helping hand to a brilliant young Albanian-born computer student, whose family immigrated here 17 years ago when he was four, leaving behind the turmoil of the Kosovo war. Jurgen Aliaj, 21, is the student and the Jamaican-Canadians who are helping him head the Independent United Order of Solomon, a charity run by my friends Lloyd and Madaine Seivright.