You're just upset because you agree with somebody you believe to be a drug addict. I've got news for you, it's nothing new. You agree with Pete quite often.
Women Use #DressCodePM To Ridicule Prime Minister's Anti-Niqab Comments
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You're just upset because you agree with somebody you believe to be a drug addict. I've got news for you, it's nothing new. You agree with Pete quite often.
Because it's just an aesthetic and it doesn't affect the ceremony?
Why wouldn't you let them wear it?
I don't find it disrespectful at all.
What's more disrespectful is if a guy had a swastika tattoo and even that guy's freedom of citizenship is not revoked.
Harper accused of fostering 'intolerance' of Muslims
The controversy over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's approach to Muslims intensified Wednesday, as NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accused him of fostering "intolerance" and helping create "Islamophobia." Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who began the attacks earlier this week by accusing Harper of spreading "fear" and "prejudice" of Muslims, jumped into the fray again on Wednesday.
In the House of Commons, Trudeau referred back to a quarter century ago when Harper was policy chief for the Reform party, which opposed allowing Sikh RCMP officers to wear their turbans while in uniform. "We've seen this before," Trudeau told the House. "Twenty-five years later, why does he still insist that the majority should dictate the religious rights of minorities?"
Harper shot back, citing complaints from Jewish Canadian groups that said Trudeau spoke inappropriately earlier this week in comparing the rhetoric that led to Canada's immigration policy for Holocaust-era Jews with fears now being spread about Muslims.
But the NDP and Liberal leaders were undeterred in their criticism of Harper.
At the heart of the politically charged issue is the federal government's position on whether Muslim women should be permitted to wear a niqab, which covers the face, while reciting the oath of citizenship.
For several years, the government has forbidden women from wearing the niqab in this circumstance. A court overturned that ban several weeks ago, and Harper said he would appeal the ruling because wearing the niqab then was "offensive" and "not how we do things here."
Harper dug in his heels in the Commons this week, saying that wearing a niqab in citizenship ceremonies is "contrary to our own values" and is "rooted in a culture that is anti-women.'' That remark prompted Mulcair on Wednesday to unleash his own criticism of Harper.
"My job is to try to make people feel more secure in our society, whatever their religion, whatever their origin," Mulcair said.
"Right now, we're in an unprecedented situation where the prime minister of Canada is using very divisive language and singling out a community," he told reporters.
"Mr. Harper specifically singles out mosques. That leads to Islamophobia, and that's irresponsible."
Harper accused of fostering 'intolerance' of Muslims
The controversy over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's approach to Muslims intensified Wednesday, as NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accused him of fostering "intolerance" and helping create "Islamophobia." Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who began the attacks earlier this week by accusing Harper of spreading "fear" and "prejudice" of Muslims, jumped into the fray again on Wednesday.
In the House of Commons, Trudeau referred back to a quarter century ago when Harper was policy chief for the Reform party, which opposed allowing Sikh RCMP officers to wear their turbans while in uniform. "We've seen this before," Trudeau told the House. "Twenty-five years later, why does he still insist that the majority should dictate the religious rights of minorities?"
Harper shot back, citing complaints from Jewish Canadian groups that said Trudeau spoke inappropriately earlier this week in comparing the rhetoric that led to Canada's immigration policy for Holocaust-era Jews with fears now being spread about Muslims.
But the NDP and Liberal leaders were undeterred in their criticism of Harper.
At the heart of the politically charged issue is the federal government's position on whether Muslim women should be permitted to wear a niqab, which covers the face, while reciting the oath of citizenship.
For several years, the government has forbidden women from wearing the niqab in this circumstance. A court overturned that ban several weeks ago, and Harper said he would appeal the ruling because wearing the niqab then was "offensive" and "not how we do things here."
Harper dug in his heels in the Commons this week, saying that wearing a niqab in citizenship ceremonies is "contrary to our own values" and is "rooted in a culture that is anti-women.'' That remark prompted Mulcair on Wednesday to unleash his own criticism of Harper.
"My job is to try to make people feel more secure in our society, whatever their religion, whatever their origin," Mulcair said.
"Right now, we're in an unprecedented situation where the prime minister of Canada is using very divisive language and singling out a community," he told reporters.
"Mr. Harper specifically singles out mosques. That leads to Islamophobia, and that's irresponsible."
Harper accused of fostering 'intolerance' of Muslims
Re: Women Use #DressCodePM Tvo Ridicule Prime Minister's Anti-Niqab Comments
So a toque in court isn't disrespectful either?
Do the tats hide the face?
So a toque in court isn't disrespectful either?
soft brains can't distinguish between a scarf and a veil.
anywho...
Ignatieff backs Quebec veil ban - The Globe and Mail
anywho...
Ignatieff backs Quebec veil ban - The Globe and Mail
Yes, we have to look after religious minorities.
This majority argument is one thing when it comes to voting, but it doesn't apply for specified minority groups.
So, you must have a real problem with this then
Ignatieff backs Quebec veil ban - The Globe and Mail
Different circumstance - security issue.
This for a ceremony where they are not screening for identification and the oath can be taken without interference.
If you are insisting on wearing the niqab, you are an Islamist.
How stupid do you have to be to want to take in radical Islamists as Canadian citizens?
How stupid do you have to be to want to take in radical Islamists as Canadian citizens?
I see... So if the Immigration Dept or the Fed gvt were to state that an applicant could not don a niquab based on non-security reasons, you'd be wholly supportive of that?
