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The sight of five young men, all government-sponsored Syrian refugees, protesting outside the YMCA in Saint John, New Brunswick illustrated everything that is wrong about our policy of multiculturalism.

Despite being in Canada for two years, the protesting refugees claimed they still could not express themselves in English.

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However, one look at their protest signs — unless they were written for them, which raises other issues — indicated they knew sufficient English to write that “refugees need help they don’t need to be put down.”

Another protester held a sign playing the victim card: “(Stop) Making fun of our religious beliefs.”

Responding to the protest, the YMCA’s Angelique Simpson told CBC that finding Arabic speakers for interpreting services continues to be a challenge. But that didn’t satisfy the Syrian protesters.

One of them, speaking through an interpreter, shared a story about a Syrian woman who was upset that a male interpreter was made to sit with her. What happened next should infuriate every Canadian.