More sense out of Ottawa this morning. Immigration minister Jason Kenney announced that anyone taking the oath of citizenship cannot do so with the face covered. "Taking the oath is a public declaration and cannot be done under a veil," he said.
I support this wholeheartedly. As a Canadian and a woman, what are people doing here with their faces covered in the public thoroughfare? That's what bandits do, that's what the Ku Klux Klan does, that's not what Canadians do. I have never understood why women have to be covered? What is so shameful? What is so provocative? What is so secret? What is so taboo? And as far as I know, it's not a religious practice; it's cultural. Well, tap into Canadian culture folks -- at least for the few minutes you are actually in the process of publically declaring yourself a Canadian, or going through security before boarding an airplane. It's about openness, safety and freedom. Get over yourselves.
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