For some of us it has nothing to do with hating Muslims, or being racist. Why is that such a difficult thing for you to accept. Everytime I see a woman covered from head to toe, I wonder what the hell she or her family is doing in Canada. I cannot help but think that they have little or no understanding or regard for our society or values. Based on my candid conversation with many many Muslims, I believe that my views are true. One particular conversation with a very close friend was an eye opener. I had known this guy for 15 years, golfed with him, womanized and partied with him, traveled with him, etc... I thought he was extremely well adjusted to North American society, until one time when he started spouting off about "America's conspiracy to weaken the muslim world".Okay. Use the same argument and ban Anglican vicars from wearing the dog collar or nuns from wearing the habit and see where your argument goes. I'll tell you. The ban gets immediately invalidated as discriminatory on religious grounds by every judge in Canada. Ban Eastern Orthodox priests from wearing those weird tall black hats or Jews from wearing beenies - same fucking result.
Oh and the silly "security argument": How many armed robberies or other serious crimes have been committed by Arab women wearing the niqab? Not many, right? Your little problem is that in Canada, one has to LEGALLY PROVE that there is a serious existing security issue that is of national importance before you can ban religious clothing. Guess you fuck up on that little problem, huh, all you niqab-haters.
Actually, Old Jones is perfectly correct. If you attempt to disguise an ordinance which is - deep down inside - motivated by racial dislike or religious dislike as "security" or "cultural values", it will still be declared discriminatory and invalidated by the courts. I mean, c'mon, guys. The only "security issue" or "liberating" that's going on here is that most of you fellas don't like Muslims and are gloating at the fact that they're getting kicked in the nuts in Belgium. And any half-smart Canadian judge is going to figure this out in 15 seconds and kick you and your silly "niqab security" ban out on its racist half-assed ass.
I don't support any bans like this, but I do believe that we need to have more people in Canada who want to live here, and who want to share in our society and value system.