Posted AT 12:22 AM EST on 08/11/05
France could learn from Canada
The charred remains of cars and businesses in Parisian suburbs stand as a testament to French youth's alienation. Thousands of people are engaging in illegal acts. I do not condone these acts; I aim to put them in historical context. Immigrants from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and elsewhere arrived in France between 1956 and 1974 in search of a better economic future and to quench the thirst for cheap labour in the booming French economy.
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