Montreal–Philippines cutlery controversy
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title:
Montreal–Philippines cutlery controversy
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The Montreal–Philippines cutlery controversy was an incident in 2006 in which a Filipino-born Canadian boy was punished by his school in Roxboro, Montreal, for following traditional Filipino etiquette and eating his lunch with a fork and a spoon, rather than the Canadian tradition of a knife and fork. In response to the media coverage of the affair, a protest was held outside the Canadian embassy in Manila and the Philippine Ambassador to Canada, José Brillantes, described it as an "affront to F
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2006 racial controversy in Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal%E2%80%93Philippines_cutlery_controversy
date created:
2006-05-06T00:41:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T05:57:16Z
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