XPost: edm.general, can.politics   
   From: ConsRCons@govt.cda   
      
   > Oddly enough, I'd be willing to bet that the majority of people in   
   > Canada - who are not from the groups being targeted by the PQ to remove   
   > all religious symbols or clothing - would agree that those symbols   
   > should be restricted to times of religious practice or their private   
   > lives.  And kept out of working hours in public institutions .   
   >   
   > IOW:  A truly 'Reform' and 'Conservative' platform.  Which suddenly is   
   > more convenient for the Conservatives as a bashing tool of Quebec   
   > sovereigntists.   
   >   
   On 9/14/2013 3:53 PM, The Doctor wrote:   
     Sorry but more people in the Rest of Canada codemns Quebec move.   
      
      
   That's surface crap because a whole lot of 'the rest of Canada' doesn't   
   like the PQ - period.   
      
   But you forget the reaction by Canadians on the turban-wearing RCMP and   
   the exemption for motorcycle helmets by turban-wearers and having a   
   kirpan at the waist.   
      
   And the recent, badly-split supreme court ruling on whether a woman can   
   wear a religious veil known as a niqab while testifying in court.   
      
   And the Harper Conservative new requirement, that to become a Canadian   
   citizen, Muslim women can no longer cover their faces when saying their   
   citizenship oaths.   
      
      
   All of those 'religious rights' were hugely opposed by the majority of   
   Canadians.  Now, because it's the PQ which is introducing similar   
   restrictions, the 'rest of Canada' is opposing them?   
   I think Canadians had better take another look at how and when their   
   opinions do a 180-turn.   
      
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