Many of us have been disgusted the way that the election campaign’s hottest issue has been whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the niqab during a citizenship ceremony (note that this is not for identification, they remove it for that in fron…
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Progressive Proselytizing: The nicab during citizenship debate is missing one major element
Many of us have been disgusted the way that the election campaign’s hottest issue has been whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the niqab during a citizenship ceremony (note that this is not for identification, they remove it for that in front of a female prior to the
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The nicab during citizenship debate is missing one major element
Many of us have been disgusted the way that the election campaign’s hottest issue has been whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the niqab during a citizenship ceremony (note that this is not for identification, they remove it for that in front of a female prior to the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Zunera Ishaq cleared by court to take citizenship oath wearing niqab
Richard Hughes Independent Strategic Voter PM Steve Harper has neither respect nor acceptance for the Supreme Court or the Constitution. Once again the courts have trimmed his sails, this time over his small minded Read more…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Stooge Chris Alexander Disgraces Himself Again
You might think that the ghastly Con stooge Chris Alexander might have learned his lesson. You might think that buried deep inside his lizard brain there might be a sputtering spark of decency.But no, just a few days ago he was going after Syrian refugees.Now he's going after a woman who wears
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Nothing But An Unfitness To Govern
Like one of my favourite Shakespearean creations, Macbeth, the story of a corrupted Scottish king, Stephen Harper’s tale unfolds on a landscape that has become increasingly blighted thanks to his diseased leadership. Harper’s demagoguery, his total disregard for the moral, social and ethical well-being of Canada, all powerful attestations to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jon Talton discusses how the increased automation of our economy stands to disempower workers and exacerbate inequality if it’s not combined with some serious countervailing public policy moves. Peter Gosselin and Jennifer Oldham comment on the broken link between productivity and wages. And
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Resisting The Fashion Fascists
If his shrill demagoguery is any indication, I suppose Herr Harper and his regime can be considered to be at war with Islam; the latter’s offences range from embracing jihadism to being a culture that, according to our self-appointed fascist fashionista, is ‘anti-women.’ In that war, Zunera Ishaq is what
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