Depending on the culture, sometimes its the wife who wants a second wife for the husband.
Now really, what does culture have to do with constitution? Constitution guarantees equality of all human beings, culture is shaped by centuries of tradition, practice and biases. One has nothing whatever to do with the other.
Indeed, when we were discussing whether Sharia should be introduced in Ontario, some Muslim men made precisely the same argument. They claimed (probably with some justification) that Muslim women want Sharia introduced in Ontario.
The response is, so what? Most Muslim women are conditioned by their culture, are intimidated by Muslim men, they will agree to anything the men want.
This argument has been made through the ages, e.g. they argued that even if blacks were freed many of them will opt for slavery, or that most women don’t want to vote etc.
So if somebody’s culture demands that a wife must want a second wife for her husband (it may be a status symbol, social standing etc.), then let that couple return to their country and do whatever they want.
If it is decided that polygamy is against the Charter (as I think and hope the Courts will rule), what somebody’s culture says is irrelevant.
