Will Kymlicka writes in Multicultural Citizen that national minorities and immigrant groups should be given space and protection to practice and express their culture. He argues that cultural expression is the key to individual freedom and allows for greater freedom of opportunity. National minorities, as large ethnic minority populations within a nation with historical and cultural ties to the country (Kymlicka, p. 79), should enjoy the greatest cultural freedom and a culture of protection in to the extent that they strengthen the nation as a whole. Immigrant groups who, as immigrants, have renounced their homeland, will over time assimilate into a dominant national culture, but should benefit from strong protection against discrimination and space to express themselves. But what happens when a national minority oppresses immigrant groups to protect its own culture? The Quebec government's Bill 60 pits national minorities against immigrant groups, complicating Kymlicka's views on liberal freedom and culture. The answer to this problem is to look back to John Locke's political society to show that national minorities have priority over immigrant groups when it comes to culture. “Societal culture” is the focus of Will Kymlicka, which he defines as “a culture that provides its members with meaningful means for life through a full range of human activities” (Kymlicka, p. 76). Most nations consist of a single dominant culture that determines the form and practice of their institutions. Immigrants leave their country of origin to live within this new nation and its culture. They tend to come alone or in small families and settle across the country. They are expected to learn the language and culture of their new home and usually, after two generations, they will lose their ...... middle of paper ...... religious expression in the public body should be respected for the rights The cultural society of a national minority takes precedence over that of immigrants because immigrants must give up part of their freedom to live within their new resident society and do not constitute not in themselves a societal culture. Works Cited Locke, John. “Second treatise of government”. in Political Philosophy: The Essential Texts. Edited by Steven M. Cahn. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. 316-320, 321-329 Kymlicka, Will. “Liberty and culture”. in multicultural citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 75-101. Bill 60: Charter affirming the values ​​of state secularism, religious neutrality and equality between women and men, and governing requests for accommodation. 1st reading, fortieth legislature, first session (Quebec). Official publisher of Quebec 2013. Web.