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   From: Specialaws@tweek.eu   
      
   Justin Trudeau:   
   “You can dislike the niqab.  You can hold it up it is a symbol of   
   oppression.  You can try to convince your fellow citizens that it is a   
   choice they ought not to make.  This is a free country.  Those are your   
   rights,” he said.  “But those who would use the state’s power to   
   restrict women’s religious freedom and freedom of expression indulge the   
   very same repressive impulse that they profess to condemn.  It is a   
   cruel joke to claim you are liberating people from oppression by   
   dictating in law what they can and cannot wear.”   
      
   Trudeau’s speech in Toronto was at least more interesting than the usual   
   fare—another interesting moment in a consistently interesting political   
   run.  In places, it is a lovely tribute to Canadian exceptionalism.  As   
   a statement of political principle, it is potentially useful.  On the   
   niqab, it is a significant engagement with philosophy, religion and   
   public policy.   
      
   “But what’s even worse than what they’re saying is what they really   
   mean. We all know what is going on here. It is nothing less than an   
   attempt to play on people’s fears and foster prejudice, directly toward   
   the Muslim faith,” he said.   
      
   Jason Kenney used 11 tweets today to defend the government’s basic   
   commitment to inclusion and to lament Trudeau’s tone.   
      
   The New Democrats are fussing over how Trudeau can square this speech   
   with his position C-51.     <<==    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
      
   http://www.macleans.ca/politics/justin-trudeau-and-the-niqab/   
      
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