Like France, Canada has now banned the burqa in certain public settings.

[Bloodshot Scott]

Canada follows in France's footsteps with burqa ban at citizenship swearing in
New Canadian citizens must remove any face coverings while taking the oath
Order came amid complaints from lawmakers it is difficult to ensure the oath is being recited
France's law banning Islamic face coverings in public places went into effect in April

New Canadian citizens must remove any face coverings, such as the Islamic niqab or burqa, while they take the oath of citizenship, the country's immigration minister said today.
Jason Kenney said most Canadians find the practice of reciting the oath behind a veil disturbing and said new Canadians should take it in view of their fellow citizens.
He said he has received complaints from lawmakers and citizenship judges who say it's difficult to ensure that individuals whose faces are covered are actually reciting the oath.


The Conservative minister called the issue a matter of deep principle that goes to the heart of Canada's identity and the country's values of openness and equality. He said women who feel obliged to have their faces covered in public often come from a cultural milieu that treats women as property rather than equal human beings
'I do think that most Canadians find that disquieting to say the least,' Mr Kenney said in a telephone interview.


'Most Muslim Canadian women I know find the practice of face covering in our society disturbing, indicative of an approach to women that is not consistent with our democratic values,' Mr Kenney added.
Mr Kenney made the announcement in the French-speaking province of Quebec, which has experienced heated debates over how much Canada should bend to accommodate newcomers. While in the rest of Canada such issues are more often raised by conservatives, in Quebec it's the left-leaning and Parti Quebecois separatists who often discuss it.


Mr Kenney said his government would not go further by drafting laws to ban women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. France became the first country to enact a law designed to forbid face-covering veils such as the niqab or burqa anywhere in public. Violators risk fines or being ordered to take citizenship classes.
'We shouldn't have the state using its power to dictate what people choose to wear in their private lives, but when there are important points of intersection with the state in obtaining state services I think it's entirely reasonable for people to show who they are,' Mr Kenney said.
There are no laws banning veils or headscarves in the U.S., though there have been unsuccessful attempts in some states to ban Sharia law. The sponsor of such a bill in Oklahoma wanted to prohibit women from wearing headscarves in driver's license photos. The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2010 banned veils that obscure the face for security reasons, but later changed it to accommodate Muslim women.
The burqa is a head-to-toe gown with a mesh-like panel over the face that allows a woman to see and breathe. The niqab is a veil that leaves only the eyes exposed.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073367/Canada-bans-burqa-citizenship-swearing-in.html

 

[STDiva]

Good.

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Good.

This.

 

[Sam Fisher]

I think it was Roberto Duran who said it best when he was getting his ass kicked by Sugar Ray Leonard... "No Mosque, No Mosque!"

 

[Shifty]

We don't fuck around. :nono:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Good.

How dare you, you xenophobic Canadian! :stir:

This.

How dare you, you xenophobic European! :stir:





:1orglaugh

Have to admit you guys are beating 'Merica when it comes to this issue. :hammer:

 

[STDiva]

I think it was Roberto Duran who said it best when he was getting his ass kicked by Sugar Ray Leonard... "No Mosque, No Mosque!"

But it was Duran Duran who said, "and I'm hungry like the wolf."

 

[Sam Fisher]

Have to admit you guys are beating 'Merica when it comes to this issue.

Yeah.. but that's because they don't have a mooslum president, where as we do. :hairpull:

 

[Shifty]

Have to admit you guys are beating 'Merica when it comes to this issue. :hammer:

The Conservatives are kicking ass and taking names.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Yeah.. but that's because they don't have a mooslum president, where as we do. :hairpull:

The Conservatives are kicking ass and taking names.

Frankly my educated guess is that both areas are far more liberal when it comes to immigration policies and these people are waking to the realities of increasingly encroaching Muslim demands.

:2 cents:

 

[Shifty]

Frankly my educated guess is that both areas are far more liberal when it comes to immigration policies and these people are waking to the realities of increasingly encroaching Muslim demands.

:2 cents:

It's happening. The news media is taking part as well.

 

[PirateKing]

Canadians are such copycats.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

I live in a strange country. We bitch and jump on Quebec because they practice interculturalism and want to do things like this, and then we turn around and do it. We could learn a lot from Quebec on how to actually be a country as opposed to... that place above America where a lot of people who don't match live.

The Conservatives are kicking ass and taking names.

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Shift, you're a riot.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Props to our friends to the north.

 

[Shifty]

Frankly my educated guess is that both areas are far more liberal when it comes to immigration policies and these people are waking to the realities of increasingly encroaching Muslim demands.

:2 cents:

It's not so much an interdiction, but more of a harmonizing effort.

Shift, you're a riot.

How so? Facepalm?

 

[TheOrangeCat]

makes sense to me .... I'm not allowed to walk into retail outlets/banks/government offices wearing a ski mask, motorcycle helmet or face-concealing bandana ....

 

[HeartBroker]

It can cover bombs and such.
Against the rules!


(Bombs, I mean!)


No one likes a bomb going off in their face!


Least of all, me!



~HB

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

What's going on up there, eh? First dropping out of the Kyoto Treaty only recently and now this? Oh, the nerve!

 

[TheOrangeCat]

What's going on up there, eh? First dropping out of the Kyoto Treaty only recently and now this? Oh, the nerve!

never forget. we may be polite, but we also kick ass ......

 

[Aria_DeLaunay]

I understand uncovering their face at the reciting ceremony. Since you have to see that everyone is saying it. But banning it outright??? Hell no!! Canada is supposed to be all about equality and inclusiveness, this is such BULLSHIT. I'm so PISSED!